Moral leadership and psychological empowerment in China

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 90-108

  Li, Chenwei ^a   Wu, Keke ^b   Johnson, Diane E ^a   Wu, Min ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b CENTRAL WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Empowerment; Ethics; Interactional justice; Moral leadership; Procedural justice; Psychological empowerment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862929173     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683941211193875     Document Type: Article

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