The "good" and the "bad" of spiritual leadership

Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 17-37

  Krishnakumar, Sukumarakurup ^a   Houghton, Jeffery D ^b   Neck, Christopher P ^c   Ellison, Christopher N ^b  

^a NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contingency model; Spiritual leadership; Workplace spirituality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924815685     PISSN: 14766086     EISSN: 1942258X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14766086.2014.886518     Document Type: Article

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