Transformational and Transactional Leadership and Followers' Achievement Goals

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 413-425

  Hamstra, Melvyn R W ^a   Van Yperen, Nico W ^b   Wisse, Barbara ^b   Sassenberg, Kai ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c KNOWLEDGE MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Achievement goals; Goal orientation; Leadership styles; Motivation; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905731728     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-013-9322-9     Document Type: Article

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