Coping with Job Insecurity: The Role of Procedural Justice, Ethical Leadership and Power Distance Orientation

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 361-372

  Loi, Raymond ^a   Lam, Long W ^a   Chan, Ka Wai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

Author keywords

China; Ethical leadership; Job insecurity; Power distance; Procedural justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861342101     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1095-3     Document Type: Article

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