Perceived interactional justice and trust-in-supervisor as mediators for paternalistic leadership

Management and Organization Review

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-121

  Wu, Min ^a   Huang, Xu ^b   Li, Chenwei ^c   Liu, Wu ^b  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Interactional justice; Organizational citizenship behaviours; Paternalistic leadership; Trust in supervisor; Work performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84863337596     PISSN: 17408776     EISSN: 17408784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8784.2011.00283.x     Document Type: Article

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