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Leadership, Moral Development, and Citizenship Behavior

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Jill W. Graham
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This paper suggests that different styles of leadership arouse different sorts of normative motivation among followers, and these diverse motivational sources in turn are associated with different forms of participant contribution to organizational success. Three interrelated clusters of leadership styles, normative motivation of followers, and organizational citizenship behavior are described. Leadership that appeals exclusively to followers’ self-interests is associated with preconventional moral development and dependable task performance. Leadership styles focusing on interpersonal relationships and social networks are associated with followers’ conventional moral development and work group collaboration. Transforming leadership that both models and nurtures servant leadership abilities is associated with post-conventional moral development and responsible participation in organizational governance.

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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 5 , Issue 1 , January 1995, pp. 43 - 54
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 1995

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