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Authors: Basford, T. E., Offermann, L. R., & Behrend, T. S.
Affiliations: George Washington University (US)
Corresponding author: Basford, Tessa E.
ORCID: Offermann, Lynn R.
Behrend, Tara S.
Venue: Journal of Business Ethics
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 2013-01-19
Volume: 119
Issue: 1
Pages: 99-117
ISSN: 0167-4544 (ISSN-L)
1573-0697
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-012-1613-y
OpenAlex: W1988017287
Cited by: 133
References: 73
Citations by year: 2026: 11 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 8 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 18 · 2021: 12 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 9 · 2018: 11 · 2017: 12 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 2
FWCI: 11.91
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed
Licence: www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations: Journal of Business Ethics (publishedVersion)
RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
Funders: American Psychological Association
Universidad del Atlántico
Topics: Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Forgiveness and Related Behaviors
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior
Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Ethics in Business and Education
Keywords: trust in leadership, leader-member exchange, affective commitment, forgiveness, transformational leadership, humility, supervisor satisfaction

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