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Leadership Styles, Related Outcomes and Practical Suggestions

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The previous chapter has reviewed the evidence regarding the effects of leadership style on multiple employee and company outcomes. The purpose of the present chapter is to take the key messages resulting from the previous literature and to distil these into practical advice for organisations, leaders and followers.

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  1. London Hertfordshire Therapy Centre, London, UK

    James Erskine

  2. St George’s University of London, London, UK

    James Erskine

  3. University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, UK

    George Georgiou

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  2. London Hertfordshire Therapy Centre, St George’s University of London, London, UK

    James Erskine

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Erskine, J., Georgiou, G. (2023). Leadership Styles, Related Outcomes and Practical Suggestions. In: Fauquet-Alekhine, P., Erskine, J. (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Occupational Stress. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27349-0_14

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