Sustainable leadership ethics: A continuous and iterative process

Leadership and Organization Development Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 251-268

  Svensson, Göran ^a   Wood, Greg ^b  

^a Oslo School of Management   (Norway)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ethics; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249744109     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730710739666     Document Type: Article

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