Leader-member relationship and burnout: The moderating role of leader integrity

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 223-247

  Jiang, Jane Y ^a   Law, Kenneth S ^b   Sun, James J M ^c  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Burnout; Job demands resource; Leader member exchange (LMX)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84905916433     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/more.12022     Document Type: Article

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