Antecedents of Team Potency and Team Effectiveness: An Examination of Goal and Process Clarity and Servant Leadership

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 851-862

  Hu, Jia ^a   Liden, Robert C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Goal and process clarity; Servant leadership; Team OCBs; Team performance; Team potency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CHINA; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; FEMALE; GOALS; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79960483168     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0022465     Document Type: Article

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