When leader is morally corrupt: interplay of despotic leadership and self-concordance on moral emotions and bullying behavior

Syed, Fauzia; Akhtar, Muhammad Waheed; Kashif, Muhammad; Haq, Muhammad Asrar ul; ain, Qurt ul; Husnain, Mudassir; Aslam, Muhammad Kashif

doi:10.1108/jmd-05-2019-0183

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“…When employees treated unfairly by their leaders it will generate negative emotions among them such as anger, disgust which is the result of the corrupt leadership they will perform deviant behaviour and in return will also treat their peers negatively. So an effective leadership or ethical role modelling of a leader will help the employees to deal with the negative emotions very effectively (Syed et al, 2019). Thus, it will prepare the employees to behave courageously against the negative emotions of anger and disgust as anger is the feeling of displeasure having the varying adverse list of destructive consequences such as violence, aggression, bullying.…”

Section: ) the Mediating Role Of The Moral Emotions Between Leaders Ethical Role Modelling And Morally Courageous Behaviour Among Employementioning

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“…Thus, the study had provided insights into moral emotions and ethics but neglected the leader role modelling (Gabriel, Lindebaum, & Geddes, 2016). Another study by (Syed et al, 2019) studied the negative role of a leader and its effect on moral emotions and bullying behaviour among employees. The study explained what the effect on employee behaviour is if the leader is, morally corrupt So based upon the gaps defined in the previous studies the present study is going to explain how the hindrances of moral emotions can be controlled through the leader role modelling thus developing morally courageous behaviour among employees.…”

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The Hindrance of Moral Emotions: Using Leader Role Modeling to Foster Morally Courageous Behavior in Employees

Ullah¹,

Khan²,

Malik³

2021

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The study is conducted with an aim to assess the impacts of leader ethical role modeling and leader safety role modeling on the morally courageous behavior among employees. The study has also checked the mediation of moral emotions, including moral sympathy, moral contempt and moral anger and disgust in between the relationship of leader ethical role modeling and morally courageous behavior among employees, and also between the relationship of leader safety role modeling and morally courageous behavior among employees. Quantitative data is collected from 364 employees, supervisors that are working together at the workplace and have high interaction and social exchange relationships. Data analysis by applying SPSS and Amos has revealed significant and positive impact of leader safety role modeling on the morally courageous behavior among employees, whereas the impact of leader ethical role modeling is found to be insignificant. The mediation of moral sympathy, moral contempt and moral anger and disgust in the relationship between leader ethical role modeling and morally courageous behavior, and also between the relationship of leader safety role modeling and morally courageous behavior is found to be significant and positive. The research has expanded the literature by considering moral emotions for developing the morally courageous behavior in the employees and to maximize the organizational outcomes as well.

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Section: ) the Mediating Role Of The Moral Emotions Between Leaders Ethical Role Modelling And Morally Courageous Behaviour Among Employementioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Hindrance of Moral Emotions: Using Leader Role Modeling to Foster Morally Courageous Behavior in Employees

Ullah¹,

Khan²,

Malik³

2021

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“…Fernet et al, 2010;Syed et al, 2020). For example, Syed et al (2020) regarded despotic leadership as an extrinsic aspect and demonstrated that employees with low-level self-concordance goal, relative to employees with high-level self-concordance goal, would produce more moral emotions in the face of despotic leadership. Sheldon and Elliot (1999) also suggested that employees who are pursuing low-level self-concordance goal focused more on the extrinsic aspects of work, while employees who are pursuing self-concordance goal paid more attention on the intrinsic aspects of work.…”

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“…, 2020). For example, Syed et al. (2020) regarded despotic leadership as an extrinsic aspect and demonstrated that employees with low-level self-concordance goal, relative to employees with high-level self-concordance goal, would produce more moral emotions in the face of despotic leadership.…”

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Interrupting the crossover effect of leader's role overload on employee's negative affect: the moderating role of self-concordance goal

Chen

Zhang

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PurposeThe purpose of the study is to examine the crossover effect of leader's role overload on employee's negative affect. More importantly, the stuy will identify the buffering role of self-concordance goal on the relationship between leader's role overload and employee's negative affect.Design/methodology/approachThe study builds the crossover impact of leader's role overload on employee's negative affect as well as the moderating effect of self-concordance goal. By a two-wave and paired data from 51 leaders and 225 employees, the study examines the hypothesis using cross-level analysis.FindingsResults show that leader's role overload tends to reduce negative affect for employees who pursue high-level self-concordance goal and increase negative affect for employees who pursue low-level self-concordance goal.Practical implicationsIt is important for employees to get rid of negative affect in the workplace. The study informs managers the benefits of pursuing self-concordance goals in helping employees alleviate the negative effect of leader's role overload.Originality/valueFindings of the present study can enrich the literature of the crossover process from leader to employee and offer management strategy for enterprises about how to buffer the damaging effect of leader's role overload on employees.

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“…Recent literature explores dark personality aspects in organisations, ( Schyns et al, 2019 ; Czarna and Zajas, 2020 ; Ray et al, 2020 ), career success ( Oflu et al, 2020 ) and leadership ( Van Scotter, 2019 ; Mackey et al, 2020 ; Syed et al, 2020 ). Spurk et al (2016) observed that narcissism as a dark personality trait is positively related to salary, Machiavellianism is positively related to leadership position, and career satisfaction while psychopathy is negatively related to career outcomes.…”

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Ferdinand Karl Piëch: A Psychobiography of a Ruthless Manager and Ingenious Engineer

2021

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The dark sides of personalities have gained importance during the past two decades. Psychobiography deals with the life of extraordinary individuals throughout the life span by applying selected theories to analyse specific life aspects. This study uses Theodore Millon’s (1990, 2011) personality theory to explore the life of Ferdinand Karl Piëch (1937–2019), an Austrian engineer and business executive who was the chairman of the executive board of the Volkswagen Group (1993–2002) and the chairman of the supervisory board from 2002 to 2015. Piëch was also known for having a complex and controversial personality. This study aims to explore the life and work of Ferdinand Karl Piëch through the lens of Millon’s personality theory. This study has four specific aims. Firstly, to provide an accurate and objective description of Piëch’s life history. Secondly, to formulate an accurate description of Piëch’s personality on the basis of existing biographical data. Thirdly, to interpret Piëch’s personality through the use of Millon’s theoretical framework and identify the personality prototypes that correspond with his personality characteristics. Fourthly, to contribute to expanding the field of “dark personality aspects” from a psychobiographical perspective, especially the personalities of extraordinary individuals. The findings suggest that although Piëch demonstrated the characteristics of three personality prototypes, the assertive-sadistic prototype is the best fit for his personality characteristics. Conclusions are drawn and recommendations for theory and practice are given.

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When leader is morally corrupt: interplay of despotic leadership and self-concordance on moral emotions and bullying behavior

Cited by 28 publications

References 86 publications

The Hindrance of Moral Emotions: Using Leader Role Modeling to Foster Morally Courageous Behavior in Employees

The Hindrance of Moral Emotions: Using Leader Role Modeling to Foster Morally Courageous Behavior in Employees

Interrupting the crossover effect of leader's role overload on employee's negative affect: the moderating role of self-concordance goal

Ferdinand Karl Piëch: A Psychobiography of a Ruthless Manager and Ingenious Engineer

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