The Perceptions of Ethical and Sustainable Leadership

Jack McCann () and Matthew Sweet

Journal of Business Ethics, 2014, vol. 121, issue 3, 373-383

Abstract: Sustainable and ethical leadership in the financial industry expand in importance since the financial crisis of 2007–2009. This research examined the level of sustainable and ethical leadership of leaders in mortgage loan originator (MLO) organizations, as perceived by loan originators. The Perceived Leadership Survey (PLIS) developed by Craig and Gustafson (Leadersh Q 9(2):127–145, 1998 ) and the Sustainable Leadership Questionnaire (SLQ) developed by McCann and Holt (Int J Sustain Strat Manage 2(2):204–210, 2011 ) were utilized for this research. The survey results yielded high levels of both ethical and sustainable leadership. Employees also felt their leadership was encouraging ethical and sustainable behavior. However, correlations between the PLIS and SLQ did not prove to be dependent or closely correlated. Copyright Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014

Keywords: Leadership; Sustainable leadership; Ethical leadership; Financial industry; Financial crisis; Mortgage loan originators (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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