Ethics and Morality: Comparing Ethical Leadership with Servant, Authentic and Transformational Leadership Styles

This study intends to review a scholarly research on several leadership approaches and its development. This study also provides a comparison of ethical leadership with servant, authentic and transformational leadership styles in the perspective of ethics and morality. This study suggests to the to...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Yasir, Noor Azmi Mohamad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: EconJournals 2016-05-01
Series:International Review of Management and Marketing
Online Access:http://mail.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/2504
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description This study intends to review a scholarly research on several leadership approaches and its development. This study also provides a comparison of ethical leadership with servant, authentic and transformational leadership styles in the perspective of ethics and morality. This study suggests to the top-management of organizations to adopt and exhibit ethical leadership behavior, because the concept of ethical leadership specifically focuses upon moral and ethical aspects of leadership behavior. Whereas, servant, authentic and transformational leaders do not specifically focus on ethical behavior, thus these leaders may or may not always be ethical depending upon their moral values. Lastly, suggestions for advancing research on ethical leadership in the future are provided. Keywords: Leadership Development, Ethics and Morality, Ethical Leadership, Servant Leadership, Authentic Leadership and Transformational Leadership. JEL Classification: M12
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spelling doaj.art-341442679ca74a8381f22578ea62ed842023-02-15T16:11:54ZengEconJournalsInternational Review of Management and Marketing2146-44052016-05-0164SEthics and Morality: Comparing Ethical Leadership with Servant, Authentic and Transformational Leadership StylesMuhammad YasirNoor Azmi Mohamad This study intends to review a scholarly research on several leadership approaches and its development. This study also provides a comparison of ethical leadership with servant, authentic and transformational leadership styles in the perspective of ethics and morality. This study suggests to the top-management of organizations to adopt and exhibit ethical leadership behavior, because the concept of ethical leadership specifically focuses upon moral and ethical aspects of leadership behavior. Whereas, servant, authentic and transformational leaders do not specifically focus on ethical behavior, thus these leaders may or may not always be ethical depending upon their moral values. Lastly, suggestions for advancing research on ethical leadership in the future are provided. Keywords: Leadership Development, Ethics and Morality, Ethical Leadership, Servant Leadership, Authentic Leadership and Transformational Leadership. JEL Classification: M12 http://mail.econjournals.com/index.php/irmm/article/view/2504
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title Ethics and Morality: Comparing Ethical Leadership with Servant, Authentic and Transformational Leadership Styles
title_full Ethics and Morality: Comparing Ethical Leadership with Servant, Authentic and Transformational Leadership Styles
title_fullStr Ethics and Morality: Comparing Ethical Leadership with Servant, Authentic and Transformational Leadership Styles
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title_short Ethics and Morality: Comparing Ethical Leadership with Servant, Authentic and Transformational Leadership Styles
title_sort ethics and morality comparing ethical leadership with servant authentic and transformational leadership styles
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