Traditional values for applying abilities and leader effectiveness in China

Leadership & Organization Development Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 460-468

  Tjosvold, Dean ^a   Zi you, Z ^a   Liu, Helen ^b  

^a LINGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b DONGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Abilities; China; Job commitment; Leadership; Management effectiveness; Organizations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986155802     PISSN: 01437739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01437730310505894     Document Type: Article

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