Authentic leadership and feedback-seeking behaviour: An examination of the cultural context of mediating processes in China

Journal of Management and Organization

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 286-299

  Qian, Jing ^a   Lin, Xiaosong ^b   Chen, George Zhen Xiong ^b  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Authentic leadership; Feedback seeking behaviour; Perceived image cost of feedback seeking; Perceived instrumental value of feedback seeking; Power distance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865530604     PISSN: 18333672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/jmo.2012.18.3.286     Document Type: Article

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