Aesthetic Leadership in Chinese Business: A Philosophical Perspective

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-491

  Zhang, Haina ^a   Cone, Malcolm H ^a   Everett, André M ^a   Elkin, Graham ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

aesthetic leadership; China; Confucian ethics; instrumentalism; pragmatism

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960293272     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0734-z     Document Type: Article

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