Searching for outcomes of leadership: A 25-year review

Journal of Management

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1137-1177

  Hiller, Nathan J ^a   DeChurch, Leslie A ^b   Murase, Toshio ^b   Doty, Daniel ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

criterion issues; leader member exchange; leadership; LMX; outcomes; review; transformational; upper echelons

Indexed keywords

EID: 79958141102     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206310393520     Document Type: Review

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