Ethical Leadership - Annotated Bibliography

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ETHICAL LEADERSHIP - ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
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1ETHICAL LEADERSHIP - ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Duan, S., Liu, Z., & Che, H. (2018). Mediating influences of ethical leadership on employee
creativity. Social Behavior and Personality: an international journal, 46(2), 323-337.
Available at DOI: 10.2224/sbp.6160
Duan, Liu and Che (2018) in the article entitled “Mediating influences of ethical
leadership on employee creativity” attempts a discussion on the impact of the ethical leadership
on the employee creativity as is demonstrated within the Chinese business organizations. The
article discusses the various issues that are presented by the psychological environment in
relation to the willingness of the employees of the organization to undertake the risks that are
presented within the organizational operations.
The article was composed on the basis of the results retrieved from the surveys that were
conducted among the employees and their supervisors. The participants of the survey were
employed across 8 businesses that had been operating across 5 different sectors. The article
opened with a hypothesis on the fact that the creative behaviors as observed among the
employees are affected in a positive manner by the proper leadership as had been demonstrated
by the organizational leaders. The article further suggests that the employee leadership plays
huge role in the development of the creativity as is being demonstrated by the employees serving
the organization. The article focusses on the fact that the ethical leadership within the
organization helps in the development of the employee engagement within the organization as
well. The creative behavior of the employees, according to Duan, Liu and Che (2018), is highly
influenced by the motivation that is received by the employees of the concerned organization.
The employees are also affected by the psychological empowerment that is implemented by the
organizational management. This helps in the improvement of the employee engagement within