Ethical leadership, employee well-being, and helping the moderating role of human resource management

Journal of Personnel Psychology

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 60-68

  Kalshoven, Karianne ^a   Boon, Corine T ^b  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Business School   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conservation of Resources Theory; Ethical leadership; Helping; Human resource management; Well being

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860727255     PISSN: 18665888     EISSN: 21905150     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1027/1866-5888/a000056     Document Type: Article

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