Would I Really Make a Difference? Moral Typecasting Theory and its Implications for Helping Ethical Leaders

Ethical leadership research has primarily relied on social learning and social exchange theories. Although these theories have been generative, additional theoretical perspectives hold the potential to broaden scholars’ understanding of ethical leadership’s effects. In this paper, we examine moral t...

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Authors: Yam, Kai Chi (Author) ; Fehr, Ryan (Author) ; Burch, Tyler C. (Author) ; Zhang, Yajun (Author) ; Gray, Kurt (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2019
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 160, Issue: 3, Pages: 675-692
Further subjects:B Prosocial impact
B Ethical Leadership
B Citizenship behavior
B Moral typecasting
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