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The Role of the Follower in the Relationship Between Empowering Leadership and Empowerment: A Longitudinal Investigation

  1. Dirk van Dierendonck1,*,
  2. Maria Dijkstra2

Article first published online: 15 OCT 2012

DOI: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.01022.x

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Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Journal of Applied Social Psychology

Special Issue: THEME: Organisational Psychology

Volume 42, Issue Supplement S1, pages E1–E20, December 2012

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van Dierendonck, D. and Dijkstra, M. (2012), The Role of the Follower in the Relationship Between Empowering Leadership and Empowerment: A Longitudinal Investigation. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 42: E1–E20. doi: 10.1111/j.1559-1816.2012.01022.x

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  1. 1

    Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

  2. 2

    Free University, Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

*Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Dirk van Dierendonck, Rotterdam School of Management, Burg Oudlaan 50, 3062 PA Rotterdam, The Netherlands. E-mail: DvanDierendonck@rsm.nl

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  1. Issue published online: 26 DEC 2012
  2. Article first published online: 15 OCT 2012

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