Ethical leadership at work questionnaire (ELW): Development and validation of a multidimensional measure

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 51-69

  Kalshoven, Karianne ^a   Den Hartog, Deanne N ^b   De Hoogh, Annebel H B ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Business School   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construct validation; Ethical leadership; Organizational citizenship behavior; Scale development

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951684910     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2010.12.007     Document Type: Article

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