Transformational leadership as a mediator between emotional intelligence and team outcomes

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 591-603

  Hur, YoungHee ^a   van den Berg, Peter T ^b   Wilderom, Celeste P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Leader effectiveness; Service climate; Team effectiveness; Transformational leadership style

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960440136     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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