Transformational leadership and team performance: The mediating roles of cognitive trust and collective efficacy

SAGE Open

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Chou, Huey Wen ^a   Lin, Yu Hsun ^b   Chang, Hsiu Hua ^a   Chuang, Wen Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cognitive trust; Collective efficacy; Team performance; Transformational leadership style

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883194533     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21582440     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2158244013497027     Document Type: Article

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