Leadership and Creative Performance Behaviors in R&D Laboratories: Examining the Mediating Role of Justice Perceptions

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 21-36

  Gupta, Vishal ^a   Singh, Shailendra ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT   (India)

Author keywords

creative performance behaviors; justice perceptions; leadership; R D management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920507395     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051813517002     Document Type: Article

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