Role Models and Moral Exemplars: How do Employees Acquire Virtues by Observing Others?

By Dennis J. Moberg. Business Ethics Quarterly, 2000

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Not All Followers Socially Learn from Ethical Leaders: The Roles of Followers’ Moral Identity and Leader Identification in the Ethical Leadership Process (2019, background): “The strength of this relationship makes sense as role model perception is more proximal to the followers’ behavior, and the extent that followers emulate a leader’s actions is more likely based on viewing the leader as a role model than simply on their behavior (Moberg 2000; Rich 1997).”
The role of construction, intuition, and justification in responding to ethical issues at work: The sensemaking-intuition model (2007, unknown): “Alternatively, individuals may mimic moral exemplars (Moberg, 2000).”
Authenticating brand activism: Negotiating the boundaries of free speech to make a change (2021, background): “in which brands present themselves as striving to imagine better ways of thinking and living morally (Han et al. 2017; Moberg 2000).”
Do Role Models Matter? An Investigation of Role Modeling as an Antecedent of Perceived Ethical Leadership (2014, background): “Modeling influences have been associated with the development of prosocial behavior in children (Eisenberg and Fabes 1998) and ethical behavior in the workplace (Moberg 2000; Sims and Brinkmann 2002; Weaver et al. 2005).”