How Do Happy Leaders Enhance Team Success? The Mediating Roles of Transformational Leadership, Group Affective Tone, and Team Processes

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1421-1454

  Chi, Nai Wen ^a   Chung, Yen Yi ^b   Tsai, Wei Chi ^c  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CENTRAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 79959347968     PISSN: 00219029     EISSN: 15591816     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2011.00767.x     Document Type: Article

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