Empathy in Leadership: Appropriate or Misplaced? An Empirical Study on a Topic that is Asking for Attention

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 95-105

  Holt, Svetlana ^a   Marques, Joan ^a  

^a WOODBURY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Emotional intelligence; Empathy; Leadership; Narcissism; Psychopaths; Servant leadership; Social skills

Indexed keywords

EID: 82355173425     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0951-5     Document Type: Article

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