Pathologizing the healthy but ineffective: some ethical reflections on using neuroscience in leadership research

Lindebaum, Dirk 2013. Pathologizing the healthy but ineffective: some ethical reflections on using neuroscience in leadership research. Journal of Management Inquiry 22 (3) , pp. 295-305. 10.1177/1056492612462766

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Abstract

A number of studies seek to integrate leadership research with the field of neuroscience, arguing that neuroscience can aid scholars and practitioners to identify and develop leaders with what I refer to as socially desirable brain characteristics, whereas those leaders not equipped with such characteristics can be subjected to interventions based on neuroscientific principles or methods. Scrutinizing an emerging body of research, I argue that many leadership scholars and practitioners overlook the wider ethical implications of neuroscientific approaches to identifying and developing effective leaders. Given the mounting interest in the topic, I also outline a number of useful sources and debates to better respond ethically to the use of neuroscience in leadership research.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	Business (Including Economics)
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BJ Ethics H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor > HD28 Management. Industrial Management R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC0321 Neuroscience. Biological psychiatry. Neuropsychiatry
Publisher:	Sage
ISSN:	1056-4926
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	1 April 2016
Last Modified:	04 May 2023 07:45
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/88498

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