Transformational leadership influence on organizational performance through organizational learning and innovation

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 65, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1040-1050

  García Morales, Víctor Jesús ^a   Jiménez Barrionuevo, María Magdalena ^a   Gutiérrez Gutiérrez, Leopoldo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Organizational innovation; Organizational learning; Organizational performance; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861574830     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2011.03.005     Document Type: Article

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