Explaining the heterogeneity of the leadership-innovation relationship: Ambidextrous leadership

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 956-974

  Rosing, Kathrin ^a   Frese, Michael ^a,b   Bausch, Andreas ^c  

^a LEUPHANA UNIVERSITY OF LÜNEBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Flexibility; Innovation; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052967171     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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