The effect of authentic leadership on employee trust and employee engagement

Social Behavior and Personality

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 613-624

  Wang, Dan Shang ^a   Hsieh, Chia Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHANGHUA UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Authentic leadership; Employee engagement; Employee trust; Moral perceptions; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878044485     PISSN: 03012212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2224/sbp.2013.41.4.613     Document Type: Article

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