To Guide or to Divide: The Dual-Side Effects of Transformational Leadership on Team Innovation

Journal of Business and Psychology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 677-691

  Jiang, Wan ^a   Gu, Qinxuan ^a   Wang, Greg G ^b  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT TYLER   (United States)

Author keywords

R D teams; Team innovation; Team interdependence; Team knowledge sharing; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948432510     PISSN: 08893268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10869-014-9395-0     Document Type: Article

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