Leading with meaning: Beneficiary contact, prosocial impact, and the performance effects of transformational leadership

Academy of Management Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 458-476

  Grant, Adam M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 84860519643     PISSN: 00014273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5465/amj.2010.0588     Document Type: Article

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