Employees' Upward Hostility: A Specific Phenomenon of Ethical Leadership

This article focuses on the specific issue of a formal leader/supervisor being confronted with upwards hostility by some of his/her subordinates (possibly informal leaders or middle managers). Why would a supervisor attempting an ethical leadership style be (more) vulnerable to this kind of hostile...

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Main Author: Siebens, Herman (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Peeters [2019]
In: Ethical perspectives
Year: 2019, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 459-500
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Leadership / Ethics / Employee / Hostility
IxTheo Classification:NCB Personal ethics
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