Impact of rater personality on transformational and transactional leadership ratings

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 132-145

  Bono, Joyce E ^a   Hooper, Amy C ^b   Yoon, David J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b GETTYSBURG COLLEGE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggregation; Leadership; Personality; Rating error

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856026630     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.11.011     Document Type: Article

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