Situational impacts on leader ethical decision-making

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 942-955

  Stenmark, Cheryl K ^a   Mumford, Michael D ^b  

^a ANGELO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Authority; Autonomy; Ethical decision making; Interpersonal conflict; Leadership; Performance pressure

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052971481     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.07.013     Document Type: Article

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