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Virtues and leadership

Abstract

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to bring definitional clarity to the term “virtue” as pertinent to the behavioural sciences literatures on leadership; to identify a short and consolidated list of cardinal virtues commonly associated with leadership effectiveness; to provide a model relating leader virtues to leader outcomes (i.e. ethics, happiness, life satisfaction, and effectiveness); and to propose a program of research. …

Authors

Hackett RD; Wang G

Journal

Management Decision, Vol. 50, No. 5, pp. 868–899

Publisher

Emerald

Publication Date

May 25, 2012

DOI

10.1108/00251741211227564

ISSN

0025-1747