Integrity's place among the character strengths of middle-level managers and top-level executives
- Authors
- Gentry, William A.; Cullen, Kristin L.; Sosik, John J.; Chun, Jae Uk; Leupold, Christopher R.; Tonidandel, Scott
- Issue Date
- 6월-2013
- Publisher
- ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
- Keywords
- Integrity; Character strengths; Middle-level managers; Relative weight analysis
- Citation
- LEADERSHIP QUARTERLY, v.24, no.3, pp.395 - 404
- Indexed
- SSCI
SCOPUS
- Journal Title
- LEADERSHIP QUARTERLY
- Volume
- 24
- Number
- 3
- Start Page
- 395
- End Page
- 404
- URI
- https://scholar.korea.ac.kr/handle/2021.sw.korea/103019
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.leaqua.2012.11.009
- ISSN
- 1048-9843
- Abstract
- One purpose of this study was to extend integrity research in organizations into the ranks of middle management. We therefore examined whether middle-level managers' behavioral manifestations of integrity related to ratings of their performance. Results of hierarchical regression analysis indicated that direct report ratings of a middle-level manager's integrity were positively related to boss ratings of that manager's performance. A second purpose of this study was to understand differences in integrity's relative importance to performance among other character strengths, and as a function of context (e.g., managerial level). We extend research in this area by showing, through relative weight analysis, that integrity was relatively less important to middle-level managers' current performance compared to other character strengths (e.g., social intelligence). In contrast, integrity was relatively more important for the performance of top-level executives roles middle-level managers may hold in the future. Implications of these results for future research and practice as well as the current study's limitations are discussed. (C) 2012 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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