Participative leadership and the organizational commitment of civil servants in China: The mediating effects of trust in supervisor

British Journal of Management

Volumn 24, Issue S3, 2013, Pages

  Miao, Qing ^a   Newman, Alexander ^b   Schwarz, Gary ^c,d   Xu, Lin ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c University of Nottingham   (China)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84881521329     PISSN: 10453172     EISSN: 14678551     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-8551.12025     Document Type: Article

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