Ethical leadership: Examining the relationships with full range leadership model, employee outcomes, and organizational culture

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 533-547

  Toor, Shamas ur Rehman ^a   Ofori, George ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Employee outcomes; Ethical leadership; Full range leadership model; Organizational culture

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867903427     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-009-0059-3     Document Type: Article

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