Transformational leadership and job involvement in the Middle East: The moderating role of individually held cultural values

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1077-1095

  Sheikh, Abdullah Z ^a   Newman, Alexander ^b   Al Azzeh, Salwa Abdul Fattah ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b University of Nottingham   (China)

^c NONE

Author keywords

cultural values; job involvement; Middle East; transformational leadership; United Arab Emirates

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874460186     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2012.703216     Document Type: Article

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