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3. Ethical leadership can have pitfalls.
For some leaders, doing the right
thing can lead to “ego depletion,” or
running out of willpower, leading to
employee abuse.

4. When leaders have poor
sleep quality, it can increase
“ego depletion,” which can
lead to a higher likelihood of
employee abuse.

5. Medium levels of narcissism are
associated with the most
effective leadership.
Very low and very high levels of
narcissism are associated with
less effective leadership.

6. Transformational leadership
may improve the moods of
leaders who practice it,
even more than other altruistic
leadership styles would.

7. Charismatic leadership can
lead to a climate for
organizational learning.
These leaders inspire trust
through promotion of
collective goals and
cooperation.

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9. Better connected leaders have
more creative employees,
regardless of how well connected
the employees themselves were.

10. Framing situations as
opportunities instead of threats
helps increase creative
performance among employees.

11. Leaders who use holistic or
“big-picture” thinking and
integrate different
approaches can thrive in
paradoxical situations.
They do not rely on “one size
fits all” approaches when faced
with complexity or ambiguity.

12. Leaders who inspire positive
attitudes see their teams
experience an increase in
information sharing and
innovation.

13. The most effective leaders
convey lots of vision
(rich and vivid description of
goals) but focus on only a few
core values. In reality, leaders
tend to do the opposite.

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15. 1) Lin, S., Ma, J., & Johnson, R. E. (2016). When ethical leader behavior breaks bad: How ethical leader behavior can turn
abusive via ego depletion and moral licensing. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(6), 815-830. doi:10.1037/apl0000098
2) Barnes, C. M., Lucianetti, L., Bhave, D. P., & Christian, M. S. (2015). "You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Sleepy": Leaders'
Sleep, Daily Abusive Supervision, and Work Unit Engagement. Academy of Management Journal, 58(5), 1419-1437.
doi:10.5465/amj.2013.1063
3) Grijalva, E., Harms, P. D., Newman, D. A., Gaddis, B. H., & Fraley, R. C. (2015). Narcissism and Leadership: A Meta-Analytic
Review of Linear and Nonlinear Relationships. Personnel Psychology, 68(1), 1-47. doi:10.1111/peps.12072
4) Lanaj, K., Johnson, R. E., & Lee, S. M. (2016). Benefits of transformational behaviors for leaders: A daily investigation of
leader behaviors and need fulfillment. Journal of Applied Psychology, 101(2), 237-251. doi:10.1037/apl0000052
5) Berson, Y., Da'as, R., & Waldman, D. A. (2015). How Do Leaders and their Teams Bring about Organizational Learning and
Outcomes? Personnel Psychology, 68(1), 79-108. doi:10.1111/peps.12071
6) Venkataramani, V., Richter, A. W., & Clarke, R. (2014). Creative benefits from wellconnected leaders: Leader social
network ties as facilitators of employee radical creativity. Journal of Applied Psychology, 99(5), 966-975.
doi:10.1037/a0037088
7) Naidoo, L. J. (2016). Leader opportunity versus threat verbal framing and nonverbal emotional expressions impact
followers' creative performance. The Leadership Quarterly, 27(6), 869-882. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2016.06.001
8) Zhang, Y., Waldman, D. A., Han, Y., & Li, X. (2015). Paradoxical Leader Behaviors in People Management: Antecedents
and Consequences. Academy of Management Journal, 58(2), 538-566. doi:10.5465/amj.2012.0995
9) Madrid, H. P., Totterdell, P., Niven, K., & Barros, E. (2016). Leader affective presence and innovation in teams. Journal of
Applied Psychology, 101(5), 673-686. doi:10.1037/apl0000078
10) Carton, A. M., Murphy, C., & Clark, J. R. (2014). A (Blurry) Vision of the Future: How Leader Rhetoric about Ultimate
Goals Influences Performance. Academy of Management Journal, 57(6), 1544-1570. doi:10.5465/amj.2012.0101
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