Does transactional leadership count for team innovativeness?: The moderating role of emotional labor and the mediating role of team efficacy

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-298

  Liu, Jun ^a   Liu, Xiaoyu ^b   Zeng, Xianju ^c  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Employee relations; Innovation; Team working; Transactional leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959210209     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534811111132695     Document Type: Article

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