Managers' and employees' experiences of how managers' wellbeing impacts their leadership behaviours in Swedish small businesses.
BACKGROUND: There is a growing interest in managers' wellbeing due to the observed associations between their wellbeing and leadership behaviours, and between leadership behaviours and employees' wellbeing. However, it is still unclear how managers' wellbeing influences their practiced leadership ac...
| Publicado en: | Work Vol. 75; no. 1; pp. 97 - 113 |
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| Formato: | research tables/charts Journal Article |
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Sage Publications Inc.
2023
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