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What Is Prosocial Behavior’s Connection to Leadership?

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This chapter begins by exploring personal power, antisocial behavior and the current trend in organizations to shift away from antisocial treatment of employees. The chapter then considers prosocial behavioral theory, which acts as an anchor for the prosocial leadership and the prosocial leadership development process defined in Chaps. 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. The chapter resolves by considering existing connections between ethical leadership theories and prosocial behavior.

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Ewest, T. (2018). What Is Prosocial Behavior’s Connection to Leadership?. In: Prosocial Leadership. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-57808-2_3

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