Innovation in top management teams: Minority dissent, transformational leadership, and radical innovations

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 310-322

  Nijstad, Bernard A ^a   Berger Selman, Floor ^b   De Dreu, Carsten K W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Be Do Say ^*  (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Ambidexterity; Innovation; Minority dissent; Team climate; Top management; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893368932     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2012.734038     Document Type: Article

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