Leadership as purpose: Exploring the role of purpose in leadership practice

Leadership

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 317-334

  Kempster, Steve ^a   Jackson, Brad ^b   Conroy, Mervyn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND BUSINESS SCHOOL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

CSR; ethics; internal and external goods; leadership; purpose; sensemaking

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051924161     PISSN: 17427150     EISSN: 17427169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1742715011407384     Document Type: Article

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