A two-study investigation of item wording effects on leader-follower convergence in descriptions of the leader-member exchange (LMX) relationship

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 881-892

  Schriesheim, Chester A ^a   Wu, Joshua B ^a   Cooper, Cecily D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Leader member exchange; Leader member exchange convergence

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052970884     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.07.009     Document Type: Article

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