When loyalty binds: Examining the effectiveness of group versus personal loyalty calls on followers’ compliance with leaders’ unethical requests

• Published in: Organizational behavior and human decision processes Vol. 181; p. 104310
• Main Author: Hildreth, John Angus D.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.03.2024
• Subjects: Groups; Leadership; Loyalty; Morality; Unethical behavior; Well-being; Leadership; Morality; Well-being; Loyalty; Unethical behavior; Groups

•Calling on loyalty increases followers’ compliance with leaders’ unethical requests.•Appealing to group loyalty is more effective than appealing to personal loyalty.•Group loyalty calls help followers more easily rationalize their loyal deceit.•Group loyalty calls prompt followers to feel better ab...