Organizational ethics, leader-member exchange, and organizational support: Relationships with workplace safety

Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 325-334

  Credo, Keith R ^a   Armenakis, Achilles A ^a   Feild, Hubert S ^a   Young, Robert L ^b  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leader member exchange; LMX; Organizational ethics; Perceived organizational support; POS; Safe behaviors; Workplace safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955443383     PISSN: 15480518     EISSN: 19397089     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1548051810366712     Document Type: Article

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