Sharing is caring: Toward a model of proactive caring through shared leadership

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 313-327

  Houghton, Jeffery D ^a   Pearce, Craig L ^b   Manz, Charles C ^c   Courtright, Stephen ^d   Stewart, Greg L ^e  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEF UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaborative capacity; Collaborative context; Group solidarity; Group level caring; Psychological empowerment climate; Shared leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937968202     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2014.12.001     Document Type: Article

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