Abusive supervision and LMX: Leaders' emotional intelligence as antecedent variable and trust as consequence variable

Chinese Management Studies

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 257-270

  Xiaqi, Ding ^a   Kun, Tian ^a   Chongsen, Yang ^a   Sufang, Gong ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; China; Emotional intelligence; Employees behaviour; Interpersonal skills; Leader member exchange; Leadership; Management skills; Relationship length; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863443593     PISSN: 1750614X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17506141211236695     Document Type: Article

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