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Item Ethical Leadership Development: An Examination of the Effects of Spiritual Practices and Intercultural Sensitivity(2019-12) Byun, Sang WonOver the past decades, the widespread unethical behaviors of leaders have necessitated research on ethical leadership. Nevertheless, current literature provides limited insight into how leaders can develop ethical leadership. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effects of spiritual practices on ethical leadership development and the moderating effects of intercultural sensitivity on the relationship between spiritual practice and ethical leadership. This study also aimed to examine whether the theoretical structure of the ethical leadership construct is multidimensional or unidimensional. Data on a total of 103 leader-peer/follower dyads were collected through an online survey at various U.S. based organizations. The results of the validity test support the multidimensional model of ethical leadership. The regression assumption test results suggest that some relationships between spiritual practices and the sub-factors of ethical leadership might be curvilinear. Hierarchical multiple regressions were conducted to test the hypotheses about the direct effects of spiritual practices and the moderating effects of intercultural sensitivity. Except for hypotheses about the direct effects of gratitude practice on people-orientation and fairness, no other hypotheses were supported. However, the quadratic regression analyses revealed that four quadratic relationships between spiritual practices and the sub-factors of ethical leadership were significant. The results also indicate that intercultural sensitivity moderates the quadratic relationship. A plausible explanation for the quadratic relationships is discussed based on the concept of workplace spirituality continuum. Theoretical and practice implications are discussed, along with limitations of the study and directions for future research.Item The Social Construction of CSR: A Relational View on The Role of CSR Consultants in South Korea(2019-08) Jang, SoebinWhile the notion of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has attracted wide attention from scholars and practitioners, little research has been conducted on the specific processes and mechanisms under which CSR is socially constructed and institutionalized. Existing research that links CSR and institutional theory has mainly focused on macro-institutional determinants and cross-national variations in CSR adoption and practice. Further, while increasing research has explored the processes and mechanisms by which actors, practices and strategies socially construct and institutionalize CSR, research has given lack of attention to the role of CSR consultants in socially constructing CSR; in particular, no related studies to date have been conducted in South Korea. This dissertation study aims to explore how CSR consultants contribute to the social construction and institutionalization of CSR in the context of South Korea. By adopting Bourdieu’s theory of practice as a theoretical lens, this study explores: (a) what factors influence the adoption of CSR in Korea; (b) what factors influence the CSR consulting industry and practices in Korea; and, (c) how CSR consultants perceive their role in socially constructing CSR. The study findings provide important implications for the scholarship and practice in the fields of CSR, human resource development (HRD) and organization development (OD), and contribute to the growing literature on applications of the institutional theory in HRD research.