Virtuous leadership: Exploring the effects of leader courage and behavioral integrity on leader performance and image

By Michael E. Palanski, Chelsea M. Nichols
Rochester Institute of Technology

Kristin L. Cullen, William A. Gentry
Center for Creative Leadership

 

Summary

We examined the relationship between leader behavioral integrity and leader behavioral courage using data from two studies. Results from Study 1, an online experiment, indicated that behavioral manifestations of leader behavioral integrity and situational adversity both have direct main effects on behavioral manifestations of leader courage. Results from Study 2, a multisource field study with practicing executives, indicated that leader behavioral courage fully mediates the effects of leader behavioral integrity on leader performance and leader executive image. Implications of these findings and future directions are discussed.

Citation

Palanski, M. E., Cullen, K. L., Gentry, W. A., & Nichols, C. M. (2015). Virtuous leadership: Exploring the effects of leader courage and behavioral integrity on leader performance and image. Journal of Business Ethics, 132(2), 297–310. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-014-2317-2

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