Benefits of Hong Kong Chinese CEOs' Confucian and Daoist leadership styles

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 474-503

  Cheung, Chau Kiu ^a   Chifai Chan, Andrew ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Employees; England; Individual psychology; Job satisfaction; Leaders; Wales

Indexed keywords

EID: 52249109765     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730810894159     Document Type: Article

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