CEOs' Leadership styles and managers' Innovative behaviour: Investigation of intervening effects in an entrepreneurial context

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 531-554

  Kang, Jae Hyeung ^a   Solomon, George T ^b   Choi, David Y ^c  

^a OAKLAND UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Innovative behaviour; Innovative climate; Transactional leadership; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84928742519     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/joms.12125     Document Type: Article

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