A correlation of servant leadership, leader trust, and organizational trust

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 6-22

  Joseph, Errol E ^a   Winston, Bruce E ^a  

^a REGENT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leadership; Trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 19744375909     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730510575552     Document Type: Article

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