Reliability and validity of the "leadership competencies and engaging leadership scale"

International Journal of Public Sector Management

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 56-73

  Alban Metcalfe, Juliette ^a   Alimo Metcalfe, Beverly ^b  

^a Real World Group   (United Kingdom)

^b BRADFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Engaging leadership; Impact on staff; Leaders; Leadership; Leadership competencies; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872955614     PISSN: 09513558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09513551311294281     Document Type: Article

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