Outputs (6)

An actor‐centric perspective on leader word‐action misalignment: Leader locus of control, shame, and behavioural responses (2025)
Journal Article
Marstand, A. F., van Knippenberg, D., Kapoutsis, I., Epitropaki, O., Ete, Z., & Dawson, J. (2025). An actor‐centric perspective on leader word‐action misalignment: Leader locus of control, shame, and behavioural responses. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 98(2), Article e70030. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.70030

Leader word‐action misalignment has important implications for employees' attitudes and behaviour, but we do not know how it affects leaders themselves. Adopting an actor‐centric perspective and integrating insights from research on moral emotions to... Read More about An actor‐centric perspective on leader word‐action misalignment: Leader locus of control, shame, and behavioural responses.

Leader and Organizational Behavioral Integrity and Follower Behavioral Outcomes: The Role of Identification Processes (2021)
Journal Article
Ete, Z., Epitropaki, O., Zhou, Q., & Graham, L. (2022). Leader and Organizational Behavioral Integrity and Follower Behavioral Outcomes: The Role of Identification Processes. Journal of Business Ethics, 176(4), 741-760. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04728-6

This paper investigates the concept of behavioral integrity from three important foci in organizational settings: i.e., leader, organization and follower. Drawing from theories of behavioral integrity, social learning and social identity, we examine... Read More about Leader and Organizational Behavioral Integrity and Follower Behavioral Outcomes: The Role of Identification Processes.

Character and Leadership (2020)
Book Chapter
Sosik, J. J., Chun, J. U., & Ete, Z. (2020). Character and Leadership. In B. Carducci, C. Nave, J. Mio, & R. Riggio (Eds.), The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118970843.ch348

Leader honesty/humility and subordinate organizational citizenship behavior: a case of too-much-of-a-good-thing? (2020)
Journal Article
Ete, Z., Sosik, J., Cheong, M., Chun, J., Zhu, W., Arenas, F., & Scherer, J. (2020). Leader honesty/humility and subordinate organizational citizenship behavior: a case of too-much-of-a-good-thing?. Journal of Managerial Psychology, 35(5), 391-404. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmp-10-2019-0557

Purpose – On the basis of theories of social cognition and moral identity and the meta-theoretical principle of “too-much-of-a-good-thing,” the purpose of this study is to develop and test a model that explains when and why leader honesty/humility pr... Read More about Leader honesty/humility and subordinate organizational citizenship behavior: a case of too-much-of-a-good-thing?.

Leader-follower transgressions, relationship repair strategies and outcomes: A state-of-the-science review and a way forward (2020)
Journal Article
Epitropaki, O., Radulovic, A., Ete, Z., Thomas, G., & Martin, R. (2020). Leader-follower transgressions, relationship repair strategies and outcomes: A state-of-the-science review and a way forward. The Leadership Quarterly, 31(1), Article 101376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.101376

A growing body of literature has focused on transgressions in the workplace and more recently, with respect to leader-follower relationships. Despite the important implications of leader and follower transgressions and relationship repair for work ou... Read More about Leader-follower transgressions, relationship repair strategies and outcomes: A state-of-the-science review and a way forward.

Self-control Puts Character into Action: Examining How Leader Character Strengths and Ethical Leadership Relate to Leader Outcomes (2018)
Journal Article
Sosik, J. J., Chun, J. U., Ete, Z., Arenas, F. J., & Scherer, J. A. (2019). Self-control Puts Character into Action: Examining How Leader Character Strengths and Ethical Leadership Relate to Leader Outcomes. Journal of Business Ethics, 160(3), 765-781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3908-0

Evidence from a growing number of studies suggests leader character as a means to advance leadership knowledge and practice. Based on this evidence, we propose a process model depicting how leader character manifests in ethical leadership that has po... Read More about Self-control Puts Character into Action: Examining How Leader Character Strengths and Ethical Leadership Relate to Leader Outcomes.