Title: Ethical dimensions of leadership /
Authors: Kanungo, Rabindra Nath.; Mendonca, Manuel.
Publisher: Sage Publications,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Business ethics; Leadership Moral and ethical aspects; Industrial management Moral and ethical aspects
Abstract: "The beliefs and values, the vision, and, above all, the actions of the leader of an organization set the ethical tone and standards for the organization. It is this fundamentally crucial role of the leader that is the basis of this book. Ethical Dimensions of Leadership proposes that one's understanding of leadership is severely incomplete, if not deformed, if one does not also consider the ethics or morality of leadership. This book examines the various modal orientations of leadership and demonstrates that true, effective leadership is that in which the leader's behavior and exercises of leadership processes are consistent with ethical and moral values. It argues for an end to the traditional separation of personal and public morality and maintains that the ethics of leadership are consistent with the spirituality of the different religious traditions. This volume's practical orientation, in addition to the conceptual framework, offers practitioners and consultants strategies for effective leadership - such as empowerment - together with suggestions of how leaders can prepare for ethical leadership." "Ethical Dimensions of Leadership will serve the needs of business education programs, business consultants, and researchers. The exhaustive and integrated conceptual treatment of the leadership phenomenon, consistent with ethical and moral values, will greatly enhance leadership courses in business schools or executive development programs."--Jacket.
Contents: 1. Introduction and overview -- The need for leadership in organizations -- The need for ethics in leadership -- An overview of the book -- 2. Leadership theory and research: model orientations and emerging trends -- Basic assumptions underlying leadership theory and research -- Modal orientations in leadership paradigms -- Limitations of the model orientations -- Emerging frontiers in leadership research -- 3. Ethical dimensions in leadership motivation -- Altruism: its characteristics and manifest behaviors -- Why is it essential for leaders to be altruistic? -- How does altruism relate to the affiliation, power, and achievement motives? -- 4. Ethical dimensions of leadership influence processes -- The transactional influence process -- The transformational influence process -- Ethical implications of the transactional and transformational influence processes -- 5. Preparing for ethical leadership -- Obstacles to altruism in organizational contexts -- Why is altruism needed in organizations? -- The sources of spiritual strength -- 6. Cultural contingencies of leadership -- Influence of culture on leadership effectiveness -- Charismatic or transformational leadership: the issue of cultural fit -- Ethics of leadership motivation and influence processes: congruence with non-western cultural norms and values.