The influence of leader core self-evaluation on follower reports of transformational leadership

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 860-868

  Hu, Jia ^a   Wang, Zhen ^b   Liden, Robert C ^c   Sun, Jianmin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^d RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Core self evaluation (CSE); Transformational leadership (TFL)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865091201     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.05.004     Document Type: Article

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