Servant Leadership, Procedural Justice Climate, Service Climate, Employee Attitudes, and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: A Cross-Level Investigation

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 517-529

  Walumbwa, Fred O ^a   Hartnell, Chad A ^a   Oke, Adegoke ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Climate; Cross level research; Leadership; Organizational citizenship behavior; Servant leadership

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL JUSTICE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77954789949     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0018867     Document Type: Article

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