Self-control Puts Character into Action: Examining How Leader Character Strengths and Ethical Leadership Relate to Leader Outcomes

Sosik, John J.; Chun, Jae Uk; Ete, Ziya; Arenas, Fil J.; Scherer, Joel A.

doi:10.1007/s10551-018-3908-0

All Outputs (5)

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.