Making things happen through challenging goals: Leader Proactivity, Trust, and Business-Unit Performance

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 540-549

  Crossley, Craig D ^a   Cooper, Cecily D ^b   Wernsing, Tara S ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^c IE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Goals; Leadership; Performance; Proactive behavior; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS; TASK PERFORMANCE; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; COMMERCE; EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; GOALS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TRUST; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877836411     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0031807     Document Type: Article

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