<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>In the contemporary situation of ever-growing market internationalisation, local and global competition different company leadership aspects, especially ethical leadership, gain a special importance. It is possible to say that in theoretical literature, there is more or less consensual agreement upon the meaning of ethical leadership still regarding the evaluation models there are many models. Therefore, the main challenge is to determine the case sensitive model(s) for the industry or the type of business organisation. The goal of the article is to delineate theoretically and to test empirically amongst Latvian retail traders one of the models of evaluation (the one of the Executive Servant Leadership Scale, ESLS). The research questions are (1) What is the ranking of the ESLS first-order factors? and (2) What are the possible problem areas in the ethical leadership as seen by the Latvian retail traders? The authors of the present paper aspire to identify the problem areas out the future lines of investigation. The current research uses the following research methods: the monographic (the literature study related to the concept of ethical leadership and its evaluations models); expert interviews to narrow down the items to be tested; and the survey with the following factor analysis.</p></abstract>

In the contemporary situation of ever-growing market internationalisation, local and global competition different company leadership aspects, especially ethical leadership, gain a special importance. It is possible to say that in theoretical literature, there is more or less consensual agreement upon the meaning of ethical leadership still regarding the evaluation models there are many models. Therefore, the main challenge is to determine the case sensitive model(s) for the industry or the type of business organisation. The goal of the article is to delineate theoretically and to test empirically amongst Latvian retail traders one of the models of evaluation (the one of the Executive Servant Leadership Scale, ESLS). The research questions are (1) What is the ranking of the ESLS first-order factors? and (2) What are the possible problem areas in the ethical leadership as seen by the Latvian retail traders? The authors of the present paper aspire to identify the problem areas out the future lines of investigation. The current research uses the following research methods: the monographic (the literature study related to the concept of ethical leadership and its evaluations models); expert interviews to narrow down the items to be tested; and the survey with the following factor analysis.

Ethical Leadership: Meaning and Measurement. Latvian Retail Traders’ Perspective

The University College of Economics and Culture,

Economics and Culture

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In the contemporary situation of ever-growing market internationalisation, local and global competition different company leadership aspects, especially...

Ethical Leadership: Meaning and Measurement. Latvian Retail Traders’ Perspective

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2016

Páginas: 89 - 96

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jec-2016-0006

Palabras clave
ethical leadership, levels of ethical leadership, authentic leadership, transformational leadership, frameworks for analysis of ethical leadership

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Ethical Leadership: Meaning and Measurement. Latvian Retail Traders’ Perspective

Publicado en línea: 30 dic 2016

Páginas: 89 - 96

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/jec-2016-0006

Palabras claveethical leadership, levels of ethical leadership, authentic leadership, transformational leadership, frameworks for analysis of ethical leadership

© 2017

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Palabras clave
ethical leadership, levels of ethical leadership, authentic leadership, transformational leadership, frameworks for analysis of ethical leadership