Transformational leadership and emotional intelligence: an exploratory study

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 157-161

  Barling, Julian ^a   Slater, Frank ^a   Kevin Kelloway, E ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b SAINT MARY S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Intelligence; Leadership; Motivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986133045     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730010325040     Document Type: Article

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