Responsible leadership in a stakeholder society - A relational perspective

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 99-115

  Maak, Thomas ^a   Pless, Nicola M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^b INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

Leadership; Leadership roles; Relational intelligence; Responsible leadership; Stake holder theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747137385     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9047-z     Document Type: Conference Paper

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