Ethical Leadership: A Multifoci Social Exchange Perspective

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Article

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Management

Publication Date

7-1-2011

Abstract

In this conceptual paper, I advocate a multifoci social exchange perspective on ethical leadership for the first time. I propose that social exchange relationships form between ethical leaders at organizational and supervisory levels and that these relationships, especially under certain circumstances (person and contextual factors), impact a broad range of important subordinate attitudinal and behavioral outcomes, including many that are unrelated to ethics but highly beneficial for organizations. Summarizing these propositions into a single conceptual model, I present a comprehensive multifoci social exchange model of ethical leadership and briefly discuss the theoretical and potential practical implications of this model.

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This article was originally published in The Journal of Business Inquiry. The full-text article from the publisher can be found here.

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The Journal of Business Inquiry

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