The impact of servant leadership and subordinates' organizational tenure on trust in leader and attitudes

Personnel Review

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 272-287

  Chan, Simon C H ^a   Mak, Wai ming ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Organizational tenure; Servant leadership; Trust in leader

Indexed keywords

EID: 84896275679     PISSN: 00483486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/PR-08-2011-0125     Document Type: Article

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