A Meta-Analysis of Different Forms of Shared Leadership–Team Performance Relations

Journal of Management

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1964-1991

  D’Innocenzo, Lauren ^a   Mathieu, John E ^a   Kukenberger, Michael R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

meta analysis; networks; shared leadership; teams

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988927668     PISSN: 01492063     EISSN: 15571211     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0149206314525205     Document Type: Article

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