What Ethical Leadership Means to Me: Asian, American, and European Perspectives

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 435-457

  Resick, Christian J ^a   Martin, Gillian S ^b   Keating, Mary A ^c   Dickson, Marcus W ^d   Kwan, Ho Kwong ^a   Peng, Chunyan ^e  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cross cultural leadership; ethical leadership; ethics; leadership; unethical leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960347504     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0730-8     Document Type: Article

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