Use and misuse of levels of analysis in leadership research: An illustrative review of leader-member exchange

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1080-1103

  Gooty, Janaki ^a   Serban, Andra ^b   Thomas, Jane Shumski ^a   Gavin, Mark B ^c   Yammarino, Francis J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Construct usage; Levels of analysis; LMX; Multi level issues

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870570492     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.10.002     Document Type: Review

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