Benevolent Leadership: Conceptualization and Construct Development

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 537-553

  Karakas, Fahri ^a   Sarigollu, Emine ^b  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Benevolent leadership; Community; Ethics; Morality; Positive organizational scholarship; Spirituality; Values; Vitality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862596797     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-011-1109-1     Document Type: Article

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