Leader empathy, ethical leadership, and relationsoriented behaviors as antecedents of leadermember exchange quality

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 561-577

  Mahsud, Rubina ^a   Prussia, Greg ^a   Yukl, Gary ^b  

^a SEATTLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Ethics; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955912468     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941011056932     Document Type: Article

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