Moderators of shared leadership: Work function and team autonomy

Team Performance Management

Volumn 19, Issue 5-6, 2013, Pages 244-262

  Fausing, Maj S ^a   Jeppesen, Hans Jeppe ^a   Jønsson, Thomas S ^a   Lewandowski, Joshua ^b   Bligh, Michelle C ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Denmark; Leadership; Manufacturing industries; Shared leadership; Team autonomy; Team performance; Team working; Technology dimensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883366996     PISSN: 13527592     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/TPM-11-2012-0038     Document Type: Article

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