Authentic leadership and employee knowledge sharing behavior: Mediation of the innovation climate and workgroup identification

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 487-506

  Edú Valsania, Sergio ^a   Moriano, Juan Antonio ^a   Molero, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Authentic leadership; Group innovation climate; Knowledge sharing behaviour; Workgroup identification

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966700808     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/LODJ-08-2014-0149     Document Type: Article

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