What is the Value? Economic effects of ethically-oriented leadership

Zeitschrift fur Psychologie / Journal of Psychology

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 198-212

  Peus, Claudia ^a   Kerschreiter, Rudolf ^a   Frey, Dieter ^a   Traut Mattausch, Eva ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Economic success; Ethically oriented leadership; Review

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650148982     PISSN: 00443409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/0044-3409/a000030     Document Type: Review

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