Journal of Leadership, Accountability and Ethics

How and When Technostress Predicts Abusive Supervisor Behavior in Remote Work: An Integrative Theoretical Framework

2025-03-09T21:00:26-04:00

Technostress has become prevalent among employees due to the rise of remote work. While there is a plethora of research on the outcomes of technostress, its impact on abusive supervisor behavior has not been thoroughly explored. This study uses the transactional theory of stress and coping to propose a framework explaining how technostress can lead to abusive supervisor behavior in the context of remote work. The framework suggests that supervisors experience anxiety and anger as a result of technostress, which can lead them to engage in abusive behavior as a way of coping with these negative emotions. The study also suggests that supervisors' personality and moral traits can influence the relationship between technostress and abusive behavior. This framework contributes to understanding abusive supervision and expands the research on its causes and boundary conditions.

A Quantitative Analysis of Leadership Styles and Organisational Culture: A Data-Driven Study of the South Carolina Army National Guard

2025-03-09T21:06:41-04:00

The National Guard in South Carolina has a rich culture of organised militiamen, with leadership playing a crucial role in shaping organisational culture. The study investigates the relationship between leadership styles (transformational, transactional, and laissez-faire) and organisational culture within the SCARNG, using the Competing Values Framework to identify dominant cultural dimensions. The study found a significant negative correlation between transformational and Clan culture, a positive correlation between transformational and Adhocracy culture, and a positive correlation between transactional and Adhocracy culture. Transformational leadership style predicted Clan, Market, and Hierarchy culture, while transactional leadership positively impacted market and hierarchy cultures. Laissez-faire leadership did not significantly affect any of the organisational cultures examined. The findings suggest that leadership styles play a crucial role in shaping organisational culture, with transformational and transactional leadership being more effective than laissez-faire leadership in fostering desired cultural outcomes.

Navigating Energy Transition and Leadership

2025-03-09T06:04:42-04:00

The energy transition represents one of the most profound challenges of our time, encompassing technological and economic shifts and significant ethical and human considerations. This paper explores the intersection of humanistic leadership and ethical frameworks, specifically the philosophies of Immanuel Kant and John Rawls, as essential tools for navigating this transition. Humanistic leadership, rooted in dignity, empathy, and relational trust, provides a framework for addressing the human-centric challenges of the energy sector. Con-currently, the ethical perspectives of Kant’s universality and Rawls’ difference principle offer robust lenses to ensure fairness and sustainability in decision-making processes.

By integrating these approaches, alongside practical strategies such as sense-making and the archetypal insights from the 'Lesson of Enea,' this paper argues for a holistic leader-ship paradigm that fosters equitable and sustainable outcomes for present and future generations.

Logic Education Needed in High School & College

2025-02-09T20:25:21-05:00

This research provides a comprehensive exploration of integrating logic education into high school and college curricula, emphasizing the prevalence of logical fallacies and their impact on critical thinking. It highlights the importance of logical reasoning in fostering persuasive power among students and addresses the necessity of logic education for navigating misinformation and engaging in civic activities. Using Blooms Taxonomy various integration strategies, such as mandatory courses and extracurricular activities, are proposed, alongside potential challenges like curriculum resistance and educator training needs. Additionally, the research advocates for a balanced approach to logic education, promoting diverse viewpoints and ethical decision-making. It contributes to enhancing teaching and learning outcomes by fostering critical thinking skills among students.

Law Enforcement Leadership and Resiliency

2025-02-09T20:28:53-05:00

Leadership styles are a contributing factor to the culture of policing. Efficacious leadership styles will contribute to cultural change. Senior management’s interactions with frontline leadership and followers create a cultural footprint. This will differentiate one organization from another and establish internal boundaries for management and follower interactions. Crime scene professionals are tasked with stressors unique to their amplified exposure to critical incidents over a career and the attention to detail required to accomplish the job demands. Leadership must recognize the specialized needs of these professionals and create an organizational structure laced with servant leaders and not simply managers and policymakers.

Increasing Student Employability Through Strategic Curricular Innovations

2025-02-09T21:00:03-05:00

Employability is an important indicator of the success of academic programs, and it can be improved through intentional curricular adjustments. This paper describes three case studies, all of which are aimed at increasing student employability during and after the completion of academic credentials at a university with open admissions that champions access to higher education among underserved populations. In case one, the goal was to bridge disciplines by developing a credential that would be relevant within multiple industries. Case two focused on aligning the content of a credential with industry certifications to prepare students to enter their chosen field of study more easily. In the final case, an industry certificate was incorporated into an academic program to support students’ entry into their chosen field before completing their degree. Lessons learned and next steps are discussed in the context of employability theory.

For the Greater Good: Unequal Sacrifices

2025-02-09T21:11:07-05:00

The case presents a realistic business scenario in which economic turbulences financially challenge a global aviation player, shining light on the financial interdependence between parent and subsidiary. The students slip into the role of an upper management sales leader with an accounting background working for a subsidiary of the aviation group. Despite record profits, he faces strictly enforced cost reduction measures mandated by the parent. Based on public events during the early 2020 COVID response, the case combines example financial statements and public sources to create a real business scenario for the students to analyze.