Emotional intelligence, moral reasoning and transformational leadership

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 198-204

  Sivanathan, Niroshaan ^a   Cynthia Fekken, G ^b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Intelligence; Leadership; Moral responsibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099122     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730210429061     Document Type: Article

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