Followers feel valued - When leaders' regulatory focus makes leaders exhibit behavior that fits followers' regulatory focus

Journal of Experimental Social Psychology

Volumn 51, Issue , 2014, Pages 34-40

  Hamstra, Melvyn R W ^a   Sassenberg, Kai ^b   Van Yperen, Nico W ^c   Wisse, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Feeling valued; Leadership styles; Regulatory fit; Regulatory focus; Transactional; Transformational

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888156651     PISSN: 00221031     EISSN: 10960465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jesp.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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