Journal article
What Ethical Leadership Means to Me: Asian, American, and European Perspectives
Journal of business ethics, v 101(3), pp 435-457
Jul 2011
Abstract
Despite the increasingly multinational nature of the workplace, there have been few studies of the convergence and divergence in beliefs about ethics-based leadership across cultures. This study examines the meaning of ethical and unethical leadership held by managers in six societies with the goal of identifying areas of convergence and divergence across cultures. More specifically, qualitative research methods were used to identify the attributes and behaviors that managers from the People’s Republic of China (the PRC), Hong Kong, the Republic of China (Taiwan), the United States (the U.S.), Ireland, and Germany attribute to ethical and unethical leaders. Across societies, six ethical leadership themes and six unethical leadership themes emerged from a thematic analysis of the open-ended responses. Dominant themes for ethical and unethical leadership for each society are identified and examined within the context of the core cultural values and practices of that society. Implications for theory, research, and management practice are discussed.
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- Title
- What Ethical Leadership Means to Me: Asian, American, and European Perspectives
- Creators
- Christian Resick - LeBow College of Business Drexel University Philadelphia PA U.S.AGillian Martin - Department of Germanic Studies Trinity College Dublin IrelandMary Keating - School of Business Studies Trinity College Dublin IrelandMarcus Dickson - Department of Psychology Wayne State University Detroit, MI U.S.AHo Kwan - LeBow College of Business Drexel University Philadelphia PA U.S.AChunyan Peng - Eli Broad College of Business Michigan State University East Lansing, MI U.S.A
- Publication Details
- Journal of business ethics, v 101(3), pp 435-457
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands; Dordrecht
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Management
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000292815600006
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79960347504
- Other Identifier
- 991014878270004721
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- Domestic collaboration
- International collaboration
- Web of Science research areas
- Business
- Ethics