Same difference? Exploring the differential mechanisms linking servant leadership and transformational leadership to follower outcomes

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 544-562

  Van Dierendonck, Dirk ^a   Stam, Daan ^a   Boersma, Pieter ^a   de Windt, Ninotchka ^a   Alkema, Jorrit ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Commitment; Engagement; Servant leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900990103     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.11.014     Document Type: Article

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