Leadership and employees' reactions to change: The role of leaders' personal attributes and transformational leadership style

Personnel Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 627-659

  Oreg, Shaul ^a   Berson, Yair ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

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EID: 80051923676     PISSN: 00315826     EISSN: 17446570     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-6570.2011.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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