Integrity and Leadership:. Clearing the Conceptual Confusion

European Management Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-184

  Palanski, Michael E ^a   Yammarino, Francis J ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Integrity; Leadership; Morality

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249994014     PISSN: 02632373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emj.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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