Duty orientation: Theoretical development and preliminary construct testing

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volumn 123, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 220-238

  Hannah, Sean T ^a   Jennings, Peter L ^b   Bluhm, Dustin ^c   Peng, Ann Chunyan ^d   Schaubroeck, John M ^e  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bounded autonomy; Codes; Deonance; Deontic; Duty; Ethical leadership; Loyalty; Mission; Obligation; Transformational leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892718207     PISSN: 07495978     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.obhdp.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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