Research tidbits: Employees and ethical leadership
What influences ethical behaviour amongst employees? Read our research tidbits to find out.
Research tidbits: Leadership isn’t always golden
Nightmare bosses! Read all about them in this week’s pick of research articles.
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 [...]
Research tidbits: The dark side of leadership
Here’s our latest pick of interesting articles considering the darker side of leadership. Workplace Bullying: Considering the Interaction Between Individual and Work Environment There has been increased interest in the “dark side” of organisational behaviour in recent decades. Workplace bullying, in particular, has received growing attention in the social sciences literature. However, this literature has lacked an integrated approach. More specifically, few studies have investigated causes at levels beyond the individual, such as the group [...]
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, [...]
Research tidbits: Person factors in ethical behaviour
A selection of interesting articles we found recently considering the person factors in ethical behaviour. Work–family effects of servant leadership: The roles of emotional exhaustion and personal learning This study examined how servant leadership influences employees in terms of work-to-family conflict (WFC) and work-to-family positive spillover (WFPS). These effects were explored through a focus on the mediating roles of emotional exhaustion and personal learning. The results, which were based on time-lagged data collection in China, [...]
Research tidbits: Issues in ethical leadership
A selection of interesting articles we found recently, on issues in ethical leadership. Multiple papers on sustainability and CSR This special issue of Organizational Dynamics is devoted to leadership and sustainability. The whole issue takes a keen look at cutting edge topics regarding the leadership imperative for responsibility and sustainability, motivated by Craig Pearce & Günter Stahl’s increasing concern about the future. Is our current economic model sustainable? Are the corporations of today acting responsibly? [...]
Research tidbits: CEO characteristics and organisational performance
A selection of interesting articles we found recently looking at CEO characteristics and organisational performance. Gender before age in affecting firm performance? The issue of CEO age and gender vs. concurrent performance is extensively examined, but the association with subsequent performance has limited treatment in the financial literature, and with conflicting findings. In the current study, the authors examine the association between CEO age and gender, and subsequent company market performance using a more recent set [...]
Research tidbits: Understanding social entrepreneurs
A selection of interesting articles we found recently looking at understanding social entrepreneurs. Who are social entrepreneurs and what drives them? This paper questions the taken-for-granted moral portrayal depicted in the extant literature and popular media of the devoted social entrepreneurial hero with a priori good ethical and moral credentials. Sophie Bacq, Chantal Hartog & Brigitte Hoogendoorn confront this somewhat idealistic and biased portrayal with insights from unique large-scale data from the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor 2009 [...]
Research tidbits: What’s behind corruption?
A selection of interesting articles we found recently looking at what may lie behind corruptive practices. CEO power and CEO hubris: a prelude to financial misreporting? The purpose of this paper is to explore how the tension between a firm’s CEO’s power features and externally observable hubris attributes may determine the likelihood of financial misreporting. The analyses are based on a sample of 16 Canadian firms for which there were formal accusations of financial reporting fraud [...]