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Understanding Responsible Leadership: Role Identity and Motivational Drivers : The Case of Dame Anita Roddick, Founder of The Body Shop

Pless, Nicola

In: Journal of Business Ethics, 2007, vol. 74, no. 4, p. 437-456

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    Titre
    • Understanding Responsible Leadership: Role Identity and Motivational Drivers
      The Case of Dame Anita Roddick, Founder of The Body Shop
    Auteur
    • Pless, Nicola. INSEAD, PwC-INSEAD Initiative on high-performing organizations, University of St. Gallen, Boulevard de Constance, 77305, Fontainebleau Cedex, France
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Anglais
    Publié dans
    • Journal of Business Ethics, 2007, vol. 74, no. 4, p. 437-456. Springer Netherlands
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:314777
    Summary
    This article contributes to the emerging discussion on responsible leadership by providing an analysis of the inner theatre of a responsible leader. I use a narrative approach for analyzing the biography of Anita Roddick as a widely acknowledged prototype of a responsible leader. With clinical and normative lenses I explore the relationship between responsible leadership behavior and the underlying motivational systems. I begin the article with an introduction outlining the current state of responsible leadership research and explaining the kind of magnifying glasses used to examine the case. I continue with a brief summary of Anita Roddick's development from childhood to adulthood, which provides the biographical background for exploring her motivational systems as a leader. Against this backdrop, I analyze the relationship between motivational drivers and a responsible leadership identity as revealed by Roddick in different behavioral leadership roles. I conclude the article by providing a number of lessons learned for responsible leadership and the development of future global leaders