Authentic Leadership and Behavioral Integrity as Drivers of Follower Commitment and Performance

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 107, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 255-264

  Leroy, Hannes ^a   Palanski, Michael E ^b   Simons, Tony ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Affective organizational commitment; Authentic leadership; Behavioral integrity; Ethical organizational culture; Work role performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860216903     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1036-1     Document Type: Article

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