Defining respectful leadership: What it is, how it can be measured, and another glimpse at what it is related to

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 343-358

  van Quaquebeke, Niels ^a   Eckloff, Tilman ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Followership; Interpersonal respect; Leadership; Self determination; Work values

Indexed keywords

EID: 74149087314     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0087-z     Document Type: Article

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