Servant Leadership Behaviour Scale: A hierarchical model and test of construct validity

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 416-436

  Sen, Sendjaya ^a   Cooper, Brian ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Hierarchical model; Latent variable approach; Servant leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957803145     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13594321003590549     Document Type: Article

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