Values-Based Approach to Leaders and Organizations: A Research on Value-Centered Leadership and Ethical Climate Relationship

Abstract

In this study, it is aimed to reveal the relationship between values-centered leadership and ethical climate. In this context a questionnaire was applied simultaneously in Turkey and Germany in order to define the meaning of valuescentered leadership and ethical climate in different cultures, interaction in-between, and development and change therein resulted from different variables. Scales employed in this questionnaire are 20-item “Values-Based Leadership Scale” developed by Garg and Krishnan and 7-item “Ethical Climate Scale” developed by Schwepker. According to data gathered from employees and managers participated in the research from Turkey and Germany, it was concluded that values-centered leadership affects ethical climate.