Developing a Framework for Ethical Leadership

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 130, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 639-649

  Lawton, Alan ^a   Páez, Iliana ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Ethical leadership; Ethical practices; Ethical theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939567908     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-014-2244-2     Document Type: Article

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