A Multilevel Investigation of Missing Links Between Transformational Leadership and Task Performance: The Mediating Roles of Perceived Person-Job fit and Person-Organization Fit

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 43-56

  Chi, Nai Wen ^a   Pan, Su Ying ^b  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hierarchical linear modeling; Person job fit; Person organization fit; Task performance; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857037380     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-011-9211-z     Document Type: Article

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