The Duty to Improve Oneself: How Duty Orientation Mediates the Relationship Between Ethical Leadership and Followers’ Feedback-Seeking and Feedback-Avoiding Behavior.Moss, S. E., Song, M., Hannah, S. T., Wang, Z., & Sumanth, J. J. (2020). The duty to improve oneself: How duty orientation mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and followers’ feedback-seeking and feedback-avoiding behavior. Journal of Business Ethics, 165(4), 615-631. https://go.openathens.net/redirector/nu.edu?url=https%3A%2F%2Flink.springer.com%2Farticle%2F10.1007%2Fs10551-018-4095-8
Ethical leaders influence followers by demonstrating and reinforcing appropriate behaviors, values, dignity, and rights of others. This article focuses on how leaders can promote a climate in which individuals feel a sense of duty to develop themselves for the betterment of the team and organization.