Leader identity as an antecedent of the frequency and consistency of transformational, consideration, and abusive leadership behaviors

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 97, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1262-1272

  Johnson, Russell E ^a   Venus, Merlijn ^b   Lanaj, Klodiana ^a   Mao, Changguo ^c   Chang, Chu Hsiang ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Abusive leadership; Consideration leadership; Identity; Leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84874058726     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0029043     Document Type: Article

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