Top executive leaders’ compassionate actions: An integrative framework of compassion incorporating a confucian perspective
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Compassion affects performance outcomes at individual, relational and organizational level.
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- Authors
- Wei, H., Zhu, Y., & Li, S.
- Affiliations
- Case Western Reserve University (US)
- The University of Queensland (AU)
- Miami University (US)
- Corresponding author
- Wei, Hongguo
- Venue
- Asia Pacific Journal of Management
- Published
- 2016-03-28
- Volume
- 33
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 767-787
- ISSN
- 0217-4561 (ISSN-L)
- 1572-9958
- OpenAlex
- W2318241074
- Cited by
- 20
- References
- 75
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 3 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 3 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2016: 1
- FWCI
- 1.89
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Asia Pacific Journal of Management (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Information Systems and Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Leadership and Management in Organizations
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
- Keywords
- compassion, self-cultivation, Confucianism, Chinese enterprises, moral development, organizational performance, integrative framework, indigenous theory
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