Leaders' Moral Competence and Employee Outcomes: The Effects of Psychological Empowerment and Person-Supervisor Fit

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 112, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 155-166

  Kim, Tae Yeol ^a   Kim, Minsoo ^b  

^a CHINA EUROPE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL   (China)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Moral competence; Organizational citizenship behaviors; Person supervisor fit; Psychological empowerment; Task performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872361211     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1238-1     Document Type: Article

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