Leader-member exchange (LMX), paternalism, and delegation in the Turkish business culture: An empirical investigation

Journal of International Business Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 264-279

  Pellegrini, Ekin K ^a,b   Scandura, Terri A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Delegation; Leader member exchange; Paternalism

Indexed keywords

EID: 33645456727     PISSN: 00472506     EISSN: 14786990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jibs.8400185     Document Type: Article

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