Perceived leader integrity: Supporting the construct validity and utility of a multi-dimensional measure in two samples

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 427-444

  Moorman, Robert H ^a   Darnold, Todd C ^b   Priesemuth, Manuela ^c  

^a ELON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Behavioral integrity; Ethical leadership; Leader integrity

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877797535     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.02.003     Document Type: Article

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