The impact of team empowerment on proactivity: The moderating roles of leader's emotional intelligence and proactive personality

Journal of Health Organization and Management

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 560-577

  Erkutlu, Hakan ^a   Chafra, Jamel ^b  

^a ADIYAMAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Medical personnel; Proactive personality; Team empowerment; Team proactivity; Team working; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865773102     PISSN: 14777266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14777261211256918     Document Type: Article

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