The depleted leader: The influence of leaders' diminished psychological resources on leadership behaviors

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 344-357

  Byrne, Alyson ^c   Dionisi, Angela M ^a   Barling, Julian ^a   Akers, Amy ^a   Robertson, Jennifer ^d   Lys, Rebecca ^a   Wylie, Jeffrey ^a   Dupré, Kathryne ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abusive supervision; Conservation of resources; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897642443     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.09.003     Document Type: Article

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