Journal article
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