Theoretical framework of responsible leadership in China

Abstract

While the concept of responsible leadership has attracted scholarly interests for many years, there is no universally recognized definition. The current study represents the first attempt to understand the concept of responsible leadership, and forms a theoretical framework of responsible leadership for managers in the Chinese organizational context, from the perspective of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Through a review of the literature, we constructed a theoretical framework of responsible leadership from the perspective of corporate social responsibility. The study creates a good start for the research on responsible leadership in Chinese organizational context, and has some important practical implication for management selection, assessment and training in China today. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2011.