Transformational leadership, job satisfaction, and team performance: A multilevel mediation model of trust

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 270-283

  Braun, Susanne ^a,b   Peus, Claudia ^b   Weisweiler, Silke ^a   Frey, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Multilevel analysis; Team performance; Transformational leadership; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872417318     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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