The Role of Leaders in Influencing Unethical Behavior in the Workplace

By Linda Klebe Treviño, Michael E. Brown. 2004

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Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Social Psychology

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Ethical Leaders and Their Followers: The Transmission of Moral Identity and Moral Attentiveness (2016, background): “Based on social cognitive theory’s social learning (Bandura, 1977 : 1986), Treviño and Brown ( 2005 ) argued that ethical leaders infl uence followers primarily through modeling processes.”
Predictor of Business Students’ Attitudes Toward Sustainable Business Practices (2010, background): “, actively taking steps in protecting the environment) (Appelbaum et al., 2007; Trevino and Brown, 2005).”
Positive and negative deviant workplace behaviors: causes, impacts, and solutions (2007, background): “They were deemed outstanding executive leaders who went against the conventional beliefs of the financial world, often surpassing short-term expectations (Trevino and Brown, 2005).”
Ethical leadership and trust: It's all about meeting expectations (2009, background): “The ‗moral person‘ part of ethical leadership can be viewed as the personal traits and characteristics of a leader—such as honesty, trustworthiness and integrity— and the moral nature of that leader‘s conduct (Treviño & Brown, 2005; Treviño et al., 2000).”
Compliant Sinners, Obstinate Saints: How Power and Self-Focus Determine the Effectiveness of Social Influences in Ethical Decision Making (2013, background): “Employees lacking power may be particularly susceptible and more easily persuaded to join in unethical conduct by more powerful organizational members (Treviño & Brown, 2005).”
Effects of inclusive leadership on organizational citizenship behavior: the mediating roles of organizational justice and learning culture (2019, background): “Drawing on social exchange theory, the findings of the present study indicate that social exchange theory is one of the most powerful means of explaining how leaders’ behavior contributes to transmitting employees’ values, attitudes, and behaviors to OCB (Konovsky & Pugh, 1994; Treviño, 2005).”