Attachment and emotion regulation: Compensatory interactions and leader-member exchange

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 686-701

  Richards, David A ^a   Hackett, Rick D ^b  

^a LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Emotion regulation; Leader member exchange (LMX)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862527394     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.03.005     Document Type: Article

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