Pursuit of whose happiness? Executive leaders' transformational behaviors and personal values

Authors :: Fu, Pine Ping
Tsui, Anne S.
Liu, Jun
Li, Lan
Source :: Administrative Science Quarterly. June, 2010, Vol. 55 Issue 2, p222, 33 p.
Publication Year :: 2010
Abstract: How the values of the chief executive officer can motivate followers to excel is examined. The self-enhancement values which centers on the executive's own happiness is found to attenuate their motivating effect while the self-transcendent values that centers on the happiness of others are found to accentuate the effect.

Subjects :: Chief executive officers -- Practice
Chief executive officers -- Behavior
Chief executive officers -- Social aspects
Values -- Influence
Employee motivation -- Analysis
Business
Political science
Sociology and social work

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