Employee Engagement and Leadership: Exploring the Convergence of Two Frameworks and Implications for Leadership Development in HRD

Human Resource Development Review

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-181

  Shuck, Brad ^a   Herd, Ann Mogan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

Author keywords

emotional intelligence; employee engagement; human resource development; leadership; transactional leadership; transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861831754     PISSN: 15344843     EISSN: 15526712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1534484312438211     Document Type: Article

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