Improving the "Leader-Follower" Relationship: Top Manager or Supervisor? The Ethical Leadership Trickle-Down Effect on Follower Job Response

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 587-608

  Ruiz, Pablo ^a   Ruiz, Carmen ^a   Martínez, Ricardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

"leader follower" relationship; ethics; job response; leadership; trickle down effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 79955468463     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0670-3     Document Type: Article

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