‘Dignity and Leadership: Implications of Leaders’ Language and Their Assumptions of Human Nature

  • Greg Latemore
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Abstract

Echoing the initiative to reconnect management theory with social welfare (Pirson and Dierksmeier 2014), this chapter focusses on human dignity as it applies to leadership theory and practice. Leaders’ assumptions of human nature underpin their behaviour (Fahrenberg and Cheetham 2008; Heslin and Vande Walle 2008) and influence the extent to which they respect the dignity of their employees.

Keywords

Human Nature Human Resource Management Human Dignity Transformational Leader Organizational Citizenship Behaviour 
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  • Greg Latemore
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  1. 1.Latemore Consulting, UQ Business SchoolThe University of QueenslandBrisbaneAustralia
  2. 2.Australian Catholic UniversitySydneyAustralia

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