The effect of cultural orientation and leadership style on self- versus other-oriented organizational citizenship behaviour in Turkey and the Netherlands

Asian Journal of Social Psychology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 249-260

  Cem Ersoy, Nevra ^a   Born, Marise Ph ^b   Derous, Eva ^c   Van der Molen, Henk T ^b  

^a DOGUS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Collectivism; Empowering leadership; Individualism; Paternalistic leadership style; Style; The Netherlands; Turkey

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868572490     PISSN: 13672223     EISSN: 1467839X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-839X.2012.01380.x     Document Type: Article

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