Ethics in leadership

The case of local politicians

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6302243
AutoresKevin Morrell (0000-0002-0777-0302, University of Warwick), Jean Hartley (0000-0002-9488-1894, University of Warwick)
Ano2006
Volume32
Fascículo1
Páginas55-70
Data de publicação2006-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoLocal Government Studies (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0300-3930 • E-ISSN: 1743-9388
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/03003930500453518
OpenAlexW2072395436
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas11
Referências citadas35

The mainstream literature on leadership has little to say about the role of ethics. Equally, much of this literature is concerned with the private sector and with managerial leadership. This paper addresses both these gaps, by reporting on the development of a scale for measuring ethical values in local political leadership, the public service values scale. This is one section of a larger instrument for assessing the skills of local political leaders: the Warwick Political Leadership Questionnaire. The paper reports on the use of this instrument in a 360 degree format, following piloting of a self assessment version. The responses of 19 elected members and 241 feedback givers are analysed. These data offer support for the validity and reliability of the public service values scale. The paper concludes with a research agenda, offering suggestions for how this scale can be applied to researching ethics in leadership

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