The positive relationship between servant leadership and employees' psychological health: A multi-method approach

Zeitschrift fur Personalforschung

Volumn 28, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 52-72

  Rivkin, Wladislaw ^a   Diestel, Stefan ^a   Schmidt, Klaus Helmut ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burnout; Emotional dissonance; Job ambiguity; Servant leadership; Strain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900297587     PISSN: 01796437     EISSN: 18620000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/239700221402800104     Document Type: Article

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