How Do Ethical Leaders Communicate in Organizations? The Application of Four Flows Theory

Pokman Tang; Lei Vincent Huang; Michael E. Brown; Leyuan Xie

doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2018.10985abstract

How Do Ethical Leaders Communicate in Organizations? The Application of Four Flows Theory

Pokman Tang, Lei Vincent Huang, Michael E. Brown, Leyuan Xie

Department of Communication Studies

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Abstract

Ethical leadership has received considerable scholarly attentions in the last decade. However, a complete account of how ethical leaders convey their ethical message is seemingly missing in the literature. Applying the Four Flows Theory (McPhee & Zaug, 2000) as an overarching theoretical underpinning, we propose an integrative framework to elucidate the flows of communication embedded in the process of ethical leadership. We contend that the proposed four communication flows essentially serve as conduits that allow different levels of ethical leaders to direct their attentions to the multilevel flows of messages in conveying the ethical principles. These efforts could result in internal ethical climate within the organization as well as external ethical reputation of the firm in the industry. This study concurrently complements the previous literature of business ethics, ethical leadership, and organizational communication.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Academy of Management Proceedings 2018
Editors	Sonia Taneja
Publisher	Academy of Management
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.10985abstract
Publication status	Published - 1 Aug 2018
Event	78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2018: Improving Lives - Chicago, United States Duration: 10 Aug 2018 → 14 Aug 2018 https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/past-annual-meetings/2018-improving-lives (Conference website) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2018/1 (Conference proceedings)

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Name	Academy of Management Proceedings
Publisher	Academy of Management
ISSN (Print)	0065-0668
ISSN (Electronic)	2151-6561

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Conference	78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2018
Country/Territory	United States
City	Chicago
Period	10/08/18 → 14/08/18
Internet address	https://aom.org/events/annual-meeting/past-annual-meetings/2018-improving-lives (Conference website) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2018/1 (Conference proceedings)

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Tang, P, Huang, LV, Brown, ME & Xie, L 2018, How Do Ethical Leaders Communicate in Organizations? The Application of Four Flows Theory. in S Taneja (ed.), Academy of Management Proceedings 2018. Academy of Management Proceedings, Academy of Management, 78th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2018, Chicago, United States, 10/08/18. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2018.10985abstract

How Do Ethical Leaders Communicate in Organizations? The Application of Four Flows Theory. / Tang, Pokman; Huang, Lei Vincent; Brown, Michael E. et al.
Academy of Management Proceedings 2018. ed. / Sonia Taneja. Academy of Management, 2018. (Academy of Management Proceedings).

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