Wang, Oh, Courtright and Colbert (2011) did a meta-analytical review that has implications for managers if they want to have a positive impact on individual follower performance, team performance and organizational performance. They found that transformational leaders lead to higher… Continue Reading →
Question: “Through reading the material and watching the video, does your organization have these any of these “focuses” in place? What is something that you, or your organization, could do better to promote an ethical and moral culture?” (Daniel, 2018)… Continue Reading →
Management and Transformational Leadership Managers have a critical role because they are in a position to model behavior that reflects organizational values and standards, as well as make decisions that directly impact followers. Managers that take on a transformational leadership… Continue Reading →
From Avolio and Gardner’s (2005) article, Authentic leadership development: Getting to the root of positive forms of leadership, I derive many intangible morals effects of authentic leadership on followers. The article describes how the morals of “authentic leaders” influence the morals and ethics of their followers. Michie and Gooty (2005) note “self-transcendent values (e.g., universal values …
According to BuildingCapacity (2013), ethics is “values and beliefs that define what is right and what is wrong behavior”. Regardless of the leadership style, ethics is the foundation of leadership style directly related to leaders’ behaviours and decisions (Northouse, 2019). Ethic gives leaders criteria of judgements. However, there were few articles about ethical aspects of …
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According to Van Buren (2013) the moral implications of leadership behaviour are massive because leaders set the moral tone for their entire organization. The outworking of this means that when a leader operates ethically their staff follow, and vice versa…. Continue Reading →
Leadership as a matter of competency but also of character continues to be a headline issue around the world. In terms of character traits, the expectation is growing for leaders to be of impeccable character (Northouse, 2018, p. 25). Ethics help leaders make decisions. According to Northouse (2018), “ethics is concerned with what leaders do …
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Ethical behaviour is about knowing right from wrong and carrying out actions in accordance to those beliefs. Ethics in leadership is “concerned with the nature of leaders’ behavior and with their virtuousness” (Northouse, 2018, p. 336). A leader holds influence… Continue Reading →
Managers and Transformational Leadership Wang and Oh (2011) provide an excellent article that provides the reader with factual evidence of the influence that transformational leaders have on their followers. The authors state that transformational leadership was positively related to individual-level follower performance across criterion types, as well as, positively related to performance at the team …
When you read the last words or Franklin D. Roosevelt, you are left with a hope for a better tomorrow. He was able to inspire others as a leader and millions years after his death with the quote: The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be ou…