VIRTUE-BASED MEASUREMENT OF ETHICAL LEADERSHIP: THE LEADERSHIP VIRTUES QUESTIONNAIRE

Approaching ethical leadership from a characterological perspective, this study reports on the creation of the Leadership Virtues Questionnaire (LVQ). Defining an ethical leader as one who adheres to the four cardinal virtues of prudence, fortitude, temperance, and justice, as discussed in the ancie...

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Published in:Consulting psychology journal 2010-12, Vol.62 (4), p.235-250
Main Authors: Riggio, Ronald E, Zhu, Weichun, Reina, Christopher, Maroosis, James A
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