Subordinate expectations of leadership within a cleaned-up bureaucracy: A grounded theory study

Journal of Organizational Change Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-172

  Jones, Robert ^a   Kriflik, George ^b  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Employee attitudes; Leadership; Organizational change; Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644586313     PISSN: 09534814     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09534810610648889     Document Type: Article

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