Gender issues

Research tidbits: Challenges for balanced boards

Our latest pick on interesting articles covering the challenges for balanced company boards. Resistance to Appointing Female Directors’ onto Nordic Boards In this empirical study, the authors investigate the variation in firms’ response to institutional pressure for gender-balanced boards, focusing specifically on the preservation of prevailing practices of director selection and its impact on the representation of women on the board of directors. Using 8 years of data from publicly listed Nordic corporations, the authors show societal pressure to be one of the determinants [...]

2020-08-25T14:08:36+10:00August 15th, 2017|News, Research Tidbits|

Research tidbits: Leader characteristics

Some interesting articles we've been reading on leadership characteristics: Ethical leadership: A meta-analytic review A growing body of research suggests that follower perceptions of ethical leadership are associated with beneficial follower outcomes. However, some empirical researchers have found contradictory results. In this study, Bedi and colleagues use social learning and social exchange theories to test the relationship between ethical leadership and follower work outcomes. Results suggest that ethical leadership is related positively to numerous follower [...]

2020-08-25T14:08:42+10:00July 11th, 2017|News, Research Tidbits|

Research tidbits: Moral values in leadership

Here’s our latest pick of interesting articles covering moral values in leadership.   How proximity affects moral reasoning Wildermuth, De Mello e Souza and Kozitza report the results of an experiment designed to determine the effects of psychological proximity—proxied by awareness of pain (empathy) and friendship—on moral reasoning. Their study tests the hypotheses that a moral agent’s emphasis on justice decreases with proximity, while his/her emphasis on care increases. The study further examines how personality, [...]

2020-08-25T14:08:46+10:00June 20th, 2017|News, Research Tidbits|

Research tidbits: Learning ethical behaviour from others

A selection of interesting articles we found recently looking at role modelling ethical behaviour. A multi-experience model of perceived ethical climate Existing research on the formation of employee ethical climate perceptions focuses mainly on organisation characteristics as antecedents, and although other constructs have been considered, these constructs have typically been studied in isolation. Thus, our understanding of the context in which ethical climate perceptions develop is incomplete. To address this limitation, Duane Hansen and his [...]

2020-08-25T14:08:51+10:00May 16th, 2017|News, Research Tidbits|
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