Ethical leadership and organizational culture: a literature review

¶ … Toor S. And Ofori G. "Ethical Leadership: Examining the Relationship with Full

Range Leadership Model, Employee Outcomes, and Organizational Culture." Journal of Business Ethics. (2009) 90:533-547.

The article reports the results of empirical research about ethical leadership within the construction industry in Singapore. Specifically, the article discussed the connection between ethical organizational management and leadership and the effect on ethical focus and conduct within professional organizations. The authors determined generally that there is a positive correlation between ethical management attitudes and leadership and the ethical conduct of employees.

More particularly, the article details the manner in which an ethical concerns within the context of a transformational leadership style greatly increase the ethical nature of employee conduct. However, no such correlation was found connecting the transactional leadership style with ethical employee conduct. Furthermore, a negative correlation was found between the wider transactional culture within organizations (as distinct from transactional leadership) as well as between the laissez-faire leadership style.

Authors and Intended Audience

The authors were Shamas-ur-Rehman Toor, a Built Environment faculty member at the University of new South Wales in Australia and George Ofori, a faculty member at the University of Singapore. The intended audience appears to be individuals with an academic or practical interest in understanding the organizational management and leadership factors responsible for creating an ethical organizational culture within professional organizations. That would include individuals interested in industrial psychology, management, business ethics, and the psychology of leadership and employee behavior.

Mulki, JP, Jaramillo JF, and Locander WB. "Critical Role of Leadership on Ethical

Climate and Salesperson Behaviors." Journal of Business Ethics. (2009)

86:125-141.

Authors and Intended Audience

The authors were Jorge Fernando Jaramillo, a faculty member in the Marketing Department at the University of Texas in Arlington, Texas and William B. Locander, Dean of the College of Business at Loyola University in New Orleans, Louisiana. The intended audience appears to be individuals with an academic or practical interest in understanding the organizational management and leadership factors responsible for creating an ethical organizational culture within professional organizations. That would include individuals interested in industrial psychology, management, business ethics, and the psychology of leadership and employee behavior.