Psychological capital as a mediator of the relationship between leadership and creative performance behaviors: Empirical evidence from the Indian R&D sector

International Journal of Human Resource Management

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1373-1394

  Gupta, Vishal ^a   Singh, Shailendra ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

creative performance behaviors; leadership; positive psychological capital; R D management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893636777     PISSN: 09585192     EISSN: 14664399     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09585192.2013.870311     Document Type: Article

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