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How Leaders Shape the Ethical Behavior of Followers: A Study in the Public Service Sector in Saint Lucia.

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Title/Author:	How Leaders Shape the Ethical Behavior of Followers: A Study in the Public Service Sector in Saint Lucia./
Author:	Sealy, Mashama Kembah.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2018,
Description:	240 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-02(E), Section: A.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International79-02A(E).
Subject:	Business administration. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=10690705
ISBN:	9780355412116

How Leaders Shape the Ethical Behavior of Followers: A Study in the Public Service Sector in Saint Lucia.
Sealy, Mashama Kembah.

How Leaders Shape the Ethical Behavior of Followers: A Study in the Public Service Sector in Saint Lucia. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2018 - 240 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 79-02(E), Section: A.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Northcentral University, 2018.

Due to various scandals (e.g., financial loss, loss of public trust, and the decline of the image of the public sector), there has been an increase in research related to ethical leadership. Leaders set the ethical tone for an organization and influence an organization's ethical culture. Researchers have identified a need for providing guidance, for leaders in the public sector, regarding shaping ethical conduct among employees, through the utilization of social learning theory. Social learning theory has been used as a behavioral model to explain how leaders influence the behavior of followers. The purpose of this qualitative exploratory multiple case study was to examine how leaders in the public sector use the principles of social learning to influence the ethical conduct of employees. The sample for this study included 12 public servants in Saint Lucia (e.g., six leaders and six followers). The leader-follower pairs were employees, from departments in the public sector, in Saint Lucia, who worked for the Corrections Department, the Fire Department, the Ministry of Health, and the Prime Minister's Office. This qualitative research study posed four research questions on how leaders in the public sector in Saint Lucia helped followers to pay attention to, retain, recall, and imitate ethical conduct in the workplace. A multiple case research design was used with face-to-face interviews and observation sessions. Data were uploaded in NVivo software for analysis and the results revealed three common emerging themes: the benefits associated with role modeling, the impactful nature of meetings with leaders and followers, and the importance of rewards and discipline. Recommendations from this research study suggest that leaders should deliberately ensure they influence the ethical behavior of followers, in the workplace, by being role models, conducting meetings, linking ethical conduct to rewards and discipline, and intentionally institutionalizing ethical conduct at work.

ISBN: 9780355412116Subjects--Topical Terms:

1148568
Business administration.

How Leaders Shape the Ethical Behavior of Followers: A Study in the Public Service Sector in Saint Lucia.
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