Ethical leadership and followers' helping and initiative: The role of demonstrated responsibility and job autonomy

European Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 165-181

  Kalshoven, Karianne ^a   Den Hartog, Deanne N ^b   de Hoogh, Annebel H B ^c  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b University of Amsterdam Business School   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autonomy; Ethical leadership; Helping; Initiative; Responsibility; Social exchange theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84876299326     PISSN: 1359432X     EISSN: 14640643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1359432X.2011.640773     Document Type: Article

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