International Journal of Business Ethics in Developing Economies

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How Ethical Leadership Impacts Employees’ Performance at the Workplace: APerspective


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In the current competitive business scenario, success lies in high-quality organizational performance. Keeping and sustaining superior performances is dependent on the right leadership approach. It is a leader who develops the vision and leads the people in the right direction to achieve their personal and professional objectives. Developing mutual trust and employees’ commitment is an important step in achieving organizational goals, which is possible only when organizations start practicing ethical leadership behavior in their day-to-day activities. Researchers believe that practicing ethical leadership is one of the ideal ways to manage and develop the employees’ trust, mutual understanding, cooperation, higher job commitment, and job satisfaction, which eventually results in superior performance. This review paper includes different psychological beliefs about ethical leadership, personality characteristics, and behavior of ethical leaders, and their role in managing employees’ performance at the workplace.

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Ethical Leadership, Personality, Leadership Styles, Employee Performance
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Authors

Avnish Sharma
IBM, GLA University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India
Aneesya Panicker
IBM, GLA University, Mathura, Uttar Pradesh, India

Abstract


In the current competitive business scenario, success lies in high-quality organizational performance. Keeping and sustaining superior performances is dependent on the right leadership approach. It is a leader who develops the vision and leads the people in the right direction to achieve their personal and professional objectives. Developing mutual trust and employees’ commitment is an important step in achieving organizational goals, which is possible only when organizations start practicing ethical leadership behavior in their day-to-day activities. Researchers believe that practicing ethical leadership is one of the ideal ways to manage and develop the employees’ trust, mutual understanding, cooperation, higher job commitment, and job satisfaction, which eventually results in superior performance. This review paper includes different psychological beliefs about ethical leadership, personality characteristics, and behavior of ethical leaders, and their role in managing employees’ performance at the workplace.

Keywords


Ethical Leadership, Personality, Leadership Styles, Employee Performance

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