Leading and Following (Un)ethically in Limen

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 189-206

  e Cunha, Miguel Pina ^a   Guimarães Costa, Nuno ^a   Rego, Arménio ^b   Clegg, Stewart R ^c  

^a NOVA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c Key Research Centre for Management and Organization Studies   (Australia)

Author keywords

ethical followership; ethical leadership; ethical processes; gray areas; liminality

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349311752     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0504-3     Document Type: Article

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