Leader power and self-serving behavior: The Moderating Role of Accountability

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 13-26

  Rus, Diana ^a   van Knippenberg, Daan ^b   Wisse, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accountability; Leadership; Power; Self serving behavior

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856064332     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2011.11.002     Document Type: Article

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