Fostering Good Citizenship Through Ethical Leadership: Exploring the Moderating Role of Gender and Organizational Politics

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 633-642

  Kacmar, K Michele ^a   Bachrach, Daniel G ^a   Harris, Kenneth J ^b   Zivnuska, Suzanne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^c CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical leadership; Gender; Organizational citizenship behavior; Perceptions of politics; Social role theory

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUSINESS ETHICS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; ROLE PLAYING; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

DATA COLLECTION; ETHICS, BUSINESS; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERCEPTION; ROLE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79956323235     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0021872     Document Type: Article

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