Does the Ethical Leadership of Supervisors Generate Internal Social Capital?

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Pastoriza, David ^a   Ariño, Miguel A ^b  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ethical leadership; Internal social capital; Social learning; Structural equation modeling; Supervisor

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888134113     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1536-7     Document Type: Article

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