Do transformational CEOs always make the difference? The role of TMT feedback seeking behavior

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 582-592

  Stoker, Janka I ^a   Grutterink, Hanneke ^a   Kolk, Nanja J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b The Changery ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

CEO transformational leadership; Change effectiveness; Feedback seeking behavior; Team performance; Top management team

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860316979     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.12.009     Document Type: Article

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