A team level investigation of the relationship between Leader-Member Exchange (LMX) differentiation, and commitment and performance

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 534-544

  Le Blanc, Pascale M ^a   González Romá, Vicente ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

LMX differentiation; LMX quality; Teachers; Team commitment; Team performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860318240     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.12.006     Document Type: Article

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