Organizational change and development: The efficacy of transformational leadership training

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 520-536

  Brown, William ^a   May, Douglas ^b  

^a MONTANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Management development; Manufacturing industries; Productivity rate; Transformational leadership; United States of America

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861838313     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621711211230830     Document Type: Article

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