The social role theory of unethical leadership

Leadership Quarterly

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 712-723

  Hoyt, Crystal L ^a   Price, Terry L ^a   Poatsy, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethics; Group goals; Morality; Power; Social roles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883802635     PISSN: 10489843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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