Transformational leadership and job performance: A social identity perspective

Journal of Business Research

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2827-2835

  Tse, Herman H M ^a   Chiu, Warren C K ^b  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Creative behavior; Group identification; Individual differentiation; OCB; Social identity theory; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885861271     PISSN: 01482963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbusres.2012.07.018     Document Type: Article

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