Transformational leadership and employee psychological well-being: The mediating role of employee trust in leadership

Work and Stress

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-55

  Kelloway, E Kevin ^a   Turner, Nick ^b   Barling, Julian ^c   Loughlin, Catherine ^a  

^a SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

fear; management by exception; transactional leadership; transformational leadership; trust; well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858167678     PISSN: 02678373     EISSN: 14645335     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02678373.2012.660774     Document Type: Article

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