The impact of transformational leadership on employee creativity: The role of learning orientation

Journal of Asia Business Studies

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 78-98

  Jyoti, Jeevan ^a   Dev, Manisha ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAMMU   (India)

Author keywords

Employee creativity; Idealized influence; Inspirational motivation; Learning orientation; Structural equation modeling; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927647904     PISSN: 15587894     EISSN: 15592243     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JABS-03-2014-0022     Document Type: Article

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