Emerging paradoxes in executive leadership: A theoretical interpretation of the tensions between corruption and virtuous values

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 385-392

  Manz, Charles C ^a   Anand, Vikas ^a   Joshi, Mahendra ^a   Manz, Karen P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corruption; Ethics; Leadership; Values virtues

Indexed keywords

EID: 44149125693     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2008.03.009     Document Type: Article

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