Title

Leadership And Ethics In Work Groups: A Longitudinal Assessment

Abstract

This study explored the relationship between leadership style and individual ethics in work groups. We present a model of how active leadership affects conformity in members' ethical decision frameworks (formalism and utilitarianism). We tested this model by examining 36 work groups over a 12-week period. Results supported the hypothesis that more active leadership would lead to greater conformity in both types of ethical frameworks. A second hypothesis, that group cohesion would mediate this relationship between leadership style and ethical conformity, was partially supported. Implications of these findings for leadership, groups, and ethics research are discussed.

Publication Date

6-1-2002

Publication Title

Group and Organization Management

Volume

27

Issue

2

Number of Pages

272-293

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/10501102027002006

Socpus ID

0038050717 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/0038050717

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