RT Article
T1 The Sound of Silence – A Space for Morality? The Role of Solitude for Ethical Decision Making
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 102
IS 1
SP 119
OP 133
A1 Akrivou, Kleio
A1 Bourantas, Dimitrios
A1 Mo, Shenjiang
A1 Papalois, Evi
A2 Bourantas, Dimitrios
A2 Mo, Shenjiang
A2 Papalois, Evi
LA English
YR 2011
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785642545
AB Building on research and measures on solitude, ethical leadership theories, and decision making literatures, we propose a conceptual model to better understand processes enabling ethical leadership neglected in the literature. The role of solitude as antecedent is explored in this model, whereby its selective utilization focuses inner directionality toward growing authentic executive awareness as a moral person and a moral manager and allows an integration between inner and outer directionality toward ethical leadership and resulting decision-making processes that will have an impact on others’ perceptions of leader authentic ethical leadership. Thus it is proposed that utilization of solitude positively predicts executive-level authentic ethical leadership action and in turn, ethical decision making perceived fairness and integrity. We also propose two moderators, strengthening the hypothesized (positive) association between solitude and ethical leadership; these are the executive’s ability for moral reasoning and a motivation for socialized (as opposed to personalized) power.
K1 Ethical decision making
K1 Business Ethics
K1 Solitude
K1 Ethical Leadership
DO 10.1007/s10551-011-0803-3