A longitudinal study of the effects of charismatic leadership and organizational culture on objective and perceived corporate performance

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 835-848

  Wilderom, Celeste P M ^a   Van den Berg, Peter T ^b   Wiersma, Uco J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Charismatic leadership; Financial and perceived organizational performance; Longitudinal design; Organizational culture; Organizational work practices

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865075268     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.04.002     Document Type: Article

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