Leadership and innovation in organizations: A systematic review of factors that mediate or moderate the relationship

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Denti, Leif ^a,b   Hemlin, Sven ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

creativity; innovation; leader member exchange; Leadership; LMX; review; transactional leadership; transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862205210     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919612400075     Document Type: Conference Paper

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