Fear of failure in the fast lane: how stretch goals fuel unethical leadership and employee misconduct

Reports of organizational scandals often describe leaders who encourage subordinates to commit unethical acts for the organization; this phenomenon is known as leader immorality encouragement. However, the causes of and preventive methods for leader immorality encouragement have yet to be fully eluc...

Full description

Saved in:  
Bibliographic Details
Authors: Zhu, Yanghao (Author) ; Long, Lirong (Author) ; Zhang, Yannan (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Check availability: HBZ Gateway
Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: 2026
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2026, Volume: 203, Issue: 2, Pages: 357-376
Further subjects:B Employee unethical behavior
B Stretch goals
B Failure tolerance climate
B Fear of failure
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Leader immorality encouragement
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)