Revisiting the mediating role of trust in transformational leadership effects: Do different types of trust make a difference?

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 94-105

  Zhu, Weichun ^a   Newman, Alexander ^b   Miao, Qing ^c   Hooke, Angus ^d  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d The University of Nottingham Ningbo China   (China)

Author keywords

Affective trust; Cognitive trust; Follower attitudes; Follower behavior; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872385772     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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