The meaning of leader integrity: A comparative study across Anglo, Asian, and Germanic cultures

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 445-461

  Martin, Gillian S ^a   Keating, Mary A ^a   Resick, Christian J ^b   Szabo, Erna ^c   Kwan, Ho Kwong ^b   Peng, Chunyan ^d  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross cultural leadership; Ethical leadership; Integrity; Leader integrity; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877808503     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.02.004     Document Type: Article

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