Transformational leadership climate: Performance linkages, mechanisms, and boundary conditions at the organizational level

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 893-909

  Menges, Jochen I ^a   Walter, Frank ^b   Vogel, Bernd ^c   Bruch, Heike ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Organizational citizenship behavior; Positive affect; Task performance behavior; Transformational leadership; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052961114     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.07.010     Document Type: Article

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