Investigating occupational well-being and leadership from a person-centred longitudinal approach: congruence of well-being and perceived leadership

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 105-119

  Perko, Kaisa ^a   Kinnunen, Ulla ^a   Tolvanen, Asko ^b   Feldt, Taru ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

exhaustion; leadership; occupational well being; person centred approach; vigour

Indexed keywords

EID: 84949539352     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2015.1011136     Document Type: Article

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