1261: New Insights into the Role of Virtue in Leadership Emergence and Effectiveness (14449)

Organizer(s)

• AM

  Addison Maerz

  California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo, United States

Participant(s)

• HN

  Helena Nguyen

  U. Of Sydney, Australia
• PS

  Pauline Schilpzand

  Oregon State U., United States
• AJ

  Anya Johnson

  U. Of Sydney, Australia
• NC

  Nicky Cheung

  Schulich School of Business, York U.
• LZ

  Lei Zhu

  U. of Manitoba, Canada
• CY

  Chunjiang Yang

  Yanshan U.
• JO

  Jane O'Reilly

  Telfer School of Management, U. of Ottawa, Canada
• LL

  Laurent Lapierre

  Telfer School of Management, U. of Ottawa, Canada
• AM

  Addison Maerz

  California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo, United States
• YZ

  Yujie Zhan

  Wilfrid Laurier U., Canada

Discussant(s)

• PS

  Pauline Schilpzand

  Oregon State U., United States

Presenter(s)

• CK

  Christian Kiewitz

  U. of Dayton, United States
• NZ

  Nate Zettna

  The U. of Sydney, Australia
• YC

  Yashuo Chen

  School of Business, Sun Yat-sen U.
• YL

  Yanhong Li

  Odette School of Business, U. of Windsor, Canada
• SK

  Su Kyung Kim

  U. of Manitoba, Canada

Participant(s)

• PL

  Patrick Liborius

  -, Germany
• AF

  Anna Faber

  Justus-Liebig-U. Giessen

This symposium presents new insights into the role of virtue in leadership. Despite increased attention on moral-based leadership in both academic research and popular press, important questions remain about how virtues such as courage and humility inform leader practices as well as perceptions of existing and emergent leaders. Our symposium aims to expand our understanding of virtues in leadership contexts by 1) exploring how virtues such as courage shape proximal antecedents of leader emergence (e.g., expected leader effectiveness, perceived leader-like qualities), 2) identifying antecedents of virtuous leader behaviors (e.g., expressed humility), 3) extending research on the outcomes of virtuous leader behaviors to team-level outcomes (e.g., team silence), 4) testing boundary conditions that enhance or constrain the extent to which leaders exhibit humility (e.g., psychological closeness), and 5) integrating research on organizational virtuousness and follower moral identity. Leveraging multiple theories, methods, analytical levels, and perspectives of leaders and employees from four continents, these papers contribute to an expanded view of effective leadership that emphasizes both competence (being a good motivator of people) and virtue (pursuing worthy goals, in the right way, for the right reasons).

Presentations:

• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1261: Are the Powerful Behaving (Un)humbly? It Depends on How Close They Feel to their Team (14449)
  

  Author: Patrick Liborius – -

  Author: Christian Kiewitz – U. of Dayton

  Author: Anna Faber – Justus-Liebig-U. Giessen
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1261: How Teams Can Overcome Silence: The Roles of Humble Leadership and Team Commitment (14449)
  

  Author: Nate Zettna – The U. of Sydney

  Author: Helena Nguyen – U. Of Sydney

  Author: Pauline Schilpzand – Oregon State U.

  Author: Anya Madeleine Johnson – U. Of Sydney
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1261: The Moral Fabric of Meaningful Work: A Study of Workplace Virtuousness and Moral Identity (14449)
  

  Author: Yashuo Chen – School of Business, Sun Yat-sen U.

  Author: Nicky Cheung – Schulich School of Business, York U.

  Author: Lei Zhu – U. of Manitoba

  Author: Chunjiang Yang – Yanshan U.
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1261: The ‘Hero’ among Us: Acts of Moral Courage and Emergent Leadership (14449)
  

  Author: Yanhong Li – Odette School of Business, U. of Windsor

  Author: Jane O'Reilly – Telfer School of Management, U. of Ottawa

  Author: Laurent Lapierre – Telfer School of Management, U. of Ottawa

  Author: Addison Maerz – California Polytechnic State U., San Luis Obispo
• 09:45 – 11:15 CT (GMT-5/UTC-5)

  1261: Does Breaking Rules Make You a Good Leader? Pro-Coworker Rule Breaking and Leadership Potential (14449)
  

  Author: Su Kyung Kim – U. of Manitoba

  Author: Yujie Zhan – Wilfrid Laurier U.