LEADERSHIP AND THE ETHICS OF INFLUENCE

How do leaders influence others? Although they sometimes appeal directly to good reasons, which we associate with rational persuasion, leaders also use guilt, pressure, flattery, bullying, and rewards and punishment-all to get the behaviors that they want. Even when leaders refrain from outright lyi...

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Main Author: Price, Terry L.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York Routledge 2020
Series:Leadership: Researach and Practice
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Summary:How do leaders influence others? Although they sometimes appeal directly to good reasons, which we associate with rational persuasion, leaders also use guilt, pressure, flattery, bullying, and rewards and punishment-all to get the behaviors that they want. Even when leaders refrain from outright lying, they are nevertheless known to practice something approaching, perhaps reaching, the level of manipulation. Influence therefore presents a serious ethical problem across leadership contexts.
Physical Description:xii, 184 pages 23 cm
ISBN:9781138327658