Spirituality and Strategic Leadership: The Influence of Spiritual Beliefs on Strategic Decision Making

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 177-189

  Phipps, Kelly A ^a  

^a ROCKHURST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Decision making; Level of analysis; Schema; Spiritual beliefs; Spirituality; Strategic leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84858708135     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-0988-5     Document Type: Article

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