An investigation of relationships between communication style and leader-member exchange

Journal of Communication Management

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 257-268

  Yrle, Augusta C ^a   Hartman, Sandra ^a   Galle, William P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ORLEANS   (United States)

Author keywords

Coaching versus counselling; Dyadic relationships; Interpersonal relations; Leader member exchange; Leadership; Organisational behaviour; Supervision of employees; Supervisor subordinate communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84992979871     PISSN: 1363254X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/13632540210807099     Document Type: Article

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