Servant leadership in the People's Republic of China: A case study of the public sector

Journal of Management Development

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 265-281

  Han, Yong ^a   Kakabadse, Nada K ^b   Kakabadse, Andrew ^c  

^a Guangxi Institute of Public Administration   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Employee development; Leadership; Motivation (psychology); Public sector organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 77649334751     PISSN: 02621711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02621711011025786     Document Type: Article

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