A refinement and extension of the self/leadership scale for the Chinese context

Journal of Managerial Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 450-476

  Ho, Jessie ^a   Nesbit, Paul L ^b  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

China; Collectivism; Cross cultural studies; Leadership

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993077380     PISSN: 02683946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/02683940910959771     Document Type: Article

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