Developing reflexive corporate leadership: The role of the non executive director

Corporate Governance: The international journal of business in society

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 32-36

  Barratt, Ruth ^a   Korac Kakabadse, Nada ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Corporate governance; Ethics; Leadership; Sustainable development; Top management

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986014443     PISSN: 14720701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14720700210440071     Document Type: Article

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