Positive affectivity neutralizes transformational leadership's influence on creative performance and organizational citizenship behaviors

Journal of Organizational Behavior

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1061-1075

  Gilmore, Phillip L ^a   Hu, Xiaoxiao ^a,b   Wei, Feng ^c   Tetrick, Lois E ^a   Zaccaro, Stephen J ^a  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Creative performance; Interactionist approach; Organizational citizenship behaviors; Trait positive affectivity; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886236429     PISSN: 08943796     EISSN: 10991379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/job.1833     Document Type: Article

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