Journal article
A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Endorsement of Ethical Leadership
Journal of business ethics, v 63(4), pp 345-359
Feb 2006
Abstract
The western-based leadership and ethics literatures were reviewed to identify the key characteristics that conceptually define what it means to be an ethical leader. Data from the Global Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (GLOBE) project were then used to analyze the degree to which four aspects of ethical leadership – Character/Integrity, Altruism, Collective Motivation, and Encouragement – were endorsed as important for effective leadership across cultures. First, using multi-group confirmatory factor analyses measurement equivalence of the ethical leadership scales was found, which provides indication that the four dimensions have similar meaning across cultures. Then, using analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests each of the four dimensions were found to be universally endorsed as important for effective leadership. However, cultures also varied significantly in the degree of endorsement for each dimension. In the increasingly global business environment, these findings have implications for organizations implementing ethics programs across cultures and preparing leaders for expatriate assignments.
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- Title
- A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Endorsement of Ethical Leadership
- Creators
- Christian Resick - Department of Psychology Florida International University University Park, DM-287, 11200 SW 8th Street Miami FL 33199 USAPaul Hanges - Department of Psychology University of Maryland College Park MD 20742 U.S.AMarcus Dickson - Department of Psychology Wayne State University Detroit MI 48202 U.S.AJacqueline Mitchelson - Department of Psychology Wayne State University Detroit MI 48202 U.S.A
- Publication Details
- Journal of business ethics, v 63(4), pp 345-359
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers; Dordrecht
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Management
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000235203500003
- Other Identifier
- 991014878310704721
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- Domestic collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Business
- Ethics