The Discriminant Validity of Transformational and Transactional Leadership: A Multitrait-Multimethod Analysis of and Norms for the German Transformational Leadership Inventory (TLI)

Journal of Personnel Psychology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 49-60

  Krüger, Claudia ^a   Rowold, Jens ^a   Borgmann, Lars ^a   Staufenbiel, Kathrin ^b   Heinitz, Kathrin ^c  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Discriminant validity; Multitrait multimethod; Transformational transactional leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79959357997     PISSN: 18665888     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1866-5888/a000032     Document Type: Article

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