Mediating role of creative identity in the influence of Transformational Leadership on creativity: Is there a Multilevel effect?

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-39

  Wang, Peng ^a   Zhu, Weichun ^b  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Individual and group creative identity; Individual and group creativity; Individual level and group level transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955398042     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051810368549     Document Type: Article

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