Transformational leadership and gatekeeping leadership: The roles of norm for maintaining consensus and shared leadership in team performance

Asia Pacific Journal of Management

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-283

  Ishikawa, Jun ^a  

^a RIKKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Gatekeeping leadership; Norm for maintaining consensus; R D teams; Shared leadership; Team performance; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861480347     PISSN: 02174561     EISSN: 15729958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10490-012-9282-z     Document Type: Article

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