Authentic Leadership and Follower Development: Psychological Capital, Positive Work Climate, and Gender

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 438-448

  Woolley, Lydia ^a   Caza, Arran ^a,b   Levy, Lester ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

^b WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Authentic leadership; Followership; Gender; Positive work climate; Psychological capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857466258     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051810382013     Document Type: Article

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