Empowerment and creativity: A cross-level investigation

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-65

  Sun, Li Yun ^a   Zhang, Zhen ^b   Qi, Jin ^c   Chen, Zhen Xiong ^d  

^a MACAU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Macao)

^b ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Creativity; Cross level path analysis; Psychological empowerment; Structural empowerment; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856054738     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.11.005     Document Type: Article

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