The First Year of Service: A Longitudinal Study of Organisational Antecedents of Transformational Leadership in the Social Service Organisations.
In this longitudinal interview study, we have strived to advance the understanding of how organisational factors may hinder the emergence of transformational leadership among first line managers in social service organisations. By interviewing managers in a Swedish social service organisation during...
| Published in: | British Journal of Social Work Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 430 - 449 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Mar2018
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