Leader-member exchange (LMX), job autonomy, and creative work involvement

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 456-465

  Volmer, Judith ^a   Spurk, Daniel ^a   Niessen, Cornelia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Creative work involvement; Job autonomy; Job design; Leader member exchange (LMX)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860345786     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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