Ethics in leadership: The case of local politicians

Local Government Studies

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 55-70

  Morrell, Kevin ^a   Hartley, Jean ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHICS; LEADERSHIP; LOCAL GOVERNMENT;

EID: 31344477768     PISSN: 03003930     EISSN: 17439388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03003930500453518     Document Type: Article

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