Ethical Leader Behavior and Big Five Factors of Personality

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 349-366

  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

agreeableness; conscientiousness; emotional stability; ethical leadership; personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957653542     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0685-9     Document Type: Article

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