Leadership and fulfillment of the three basic psychological needs at work

Career Development International

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 507-523

  Hetland, Hilde ^a   Hetland, Jørn ^a   Andreassen, Cecilie Schou ^b   Pallesen, Ståle ^a   Notelaers, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b Bergen Clinics Foundation   (Norway)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Behaviour; Competences; Leadership; Management by exception active; Need fulfillment; Relatedness; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053068634     PISSN: 13620436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13620431111168903     Document Type: Article

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