Five-factor model traits and the prototypical image of the effective leader in the Confucian culture

Employee Relations

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 62-71

  Lim Leung, Sing ^a   Bozionelos, Nikos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Confucianism; Culture (sociology); Leaders; Modelling; Perception; Personality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986139382     PISSN: 01425455     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01425450410506904     Document Type: Article

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