Are authentic leaders associated with more virtuous, committed and potent teams?

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 61-79

  Rego, Arménio ^a   Vitória, Andreia ^d   Magalhães, Ana ^a   Ribeiro, Neuza ^b   e Cunha, Miguel Pina ^c  

^a INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^b POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

^c NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Authentic leadership; Team affective commitment; Team potency; Team virtuousness

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872424075     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.08.002     Document Type: Article

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