Do as I Say (and Do): Ethical Leadership Through the Eyes of Lower Ranks

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 655-671

  Pucic, John ^a,b  

^a Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Climate; Ethics; Follower; Leadership; Rank

Indexed keywords

EID: 84931569549     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2190-z     Document Type: Article

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