Abstract
With start-up organization cultures exemplifying and cloning the founder’s character and vision, it becomes crucial to look at the ethical leadership they exhibit and its translation into organizational culture. The present study espouses to understand how ethical leadership of founders translates into the organization culture of startups in two Asian countries; Hong Kong and India. The study locations are chosen because of analogies in their culture, in spite of its idiosyncrasies. A qualitative research design is employed, with two sets of participants; founders and employees, being interviewed at two stages of the study. Further, the cultural artefacts are observed to facilitate a deeper understanding of the cultural underpinnings. Semi-structured open interviews and observation are the pivotal data collection tools, while content and thematic analysis will be the data analysis techniques employed. 20 start-ups from each location are being studied. The study being an ongoing one, is currently in the data collection stage. The study is expected to delineate the relationship between the ethical leadership and start-up organization culture and deepen our understanding, by giving exploratory evidence of the same.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | The 8th World Business Ethics Forum - Emerging from Crisis through Socially Responsible and Ethical Business |
| Pages | 281-286 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 978-988-70012-0-1 |
| Publication status | Published - 15 Jun 2023 |
