The Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Followers' Perceptions of Fairness

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 667-680

  Bacha, Eliane ^a,b   Walker, Sandra ^a  

^a SKEMA BUSINESS SCHOOL   (France)

^b LSMRC EA 4112   (France)

Author keywords

Distributive fairness; Fairness; France; Interactional fairness; Perceptions of fairness; Procedural fairness; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884588944     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1507-z     Document Type: Article

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