Outsourcing inspiration: The performance effects of ideological messages from leaders and beneficiaries

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 173-187

  Grant, Adam M ^a   Hofmann, David A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Charismatic leadership; Contact with beneficiaries; Inspiration; Prosocial behavior; Relational job design; Social influence; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053279084     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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