Do Perceptions of Ethical Conduct Matter During Organizational Change? Ethical Leadership and Employee Involvement

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 185-196

  Sharif, Monica M ^a   Scandura, Terri A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethical leadership; Involvement in change; Job satisfaction; OCBs; Organizational change; Performance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84911992836     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-013-1869-x     Document Type: Article

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