Relationship between leadership behaviors and performance: The moderating role of a work team's level of age, gender, and cultural heterogeneity

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 628-647

  Rowold, Jens ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Heterogeneity; Leadership; Performance management; Team

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052589232     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437731111161094     Document Type: Article

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