Leader and follower attachment styles: Implications for authentic leader-follower relationships

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 595-610

  Hinojosa, Amanda S ^a   Davis McCauley, Kelly ^a   Randolph Seng, Brandon ^b   Gardner, William L ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY COMMERCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attachment theory; Authentic leadership; Followership; Leader follower relations; Leadership development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900986741     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.12.002     Document Type: Article

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