Leadership impact on organizational commitment: The mediating role of management control systems choice

Journal of Management Control

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 241-266

  Kleine, Christian ^a   Weißenberger, Barbara E ^a  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Leadership styles; Management control systems; Organizational commitment; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893677996     PISSN: 21914761     EISSN: 2191477X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00187-013-0181-3     Document Type: Article

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