Meeting the leadership challenge of employee well-being through relationship Psycap and health PsyCap

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-133

  Luthans, Fred ^a   Youssef, Carolyn M ^b   Sweetman, David S ^c   Harms, Peter D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b BELLEVUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Health psychological capital; Leadership and well being; Psychological capital; Psychological well being; Relationship psychological capital

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878393615     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051812465893     Document Type: Article

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