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Character in organizational research: past directions and future prospects
Author(s) -
Wright Thomas A.,
Huang ChingChu
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.521
Subject(s) - character (mathematics) , ethos , conceptualization , psychology , incubator , epistemology , sociology , social psychology , computer science , political science , philosophy , law , artificial intelligence , geometry , mathematics , microbiology and biotechnology , biology
Character (ethos) refers to those interpenetrable habitual qualities within individuals, and applicable to organizations that both constrain and lead them to desire and pursue personal and societal good. In our Incubator article, we undertake two objectives. First, we provide our conceptualization of character; briefly specifying what character is and is not. Second, we introduce several promising directions for organizationally based research on character. Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.