Leadership behaviors and group creativity in Chinese organizations: The role of group processes

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 851-862

  Zhang, Ann Yan ^a   Tsui, Anne S ^b,d,e,f   Wang, Duan Xu ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Peking University   (China)

^e FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^f Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

Author keywords

China; Collective efficacy; Group creativity; Group process; Knowledge sharing; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052969762     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.07.007     Document Type: Article

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