University at Buffalo School of Management

Insights New research is clear: Leaders who value morality outperform their unethical peers, regardless of indus- try, company size or role. However, because we all de- fine a "moral leader" differ- ently, leaders who try to do good may face challenges. Jim Lemoine, assistant professor of organization and human resourc- es, and his co-authors examined more than 300 books, essays and studies on moral leadership from 1970-2018 for their study, published in the Academy of Management Annals. They dis- covered that leaders who prioritized morality had higher performing orga- nizations with less turnover, and their employees were more creative, proac- tive, engaged and satisfied. "Over and over again, our research found that followers perceived ethical lead- ers as more effective and trusted, and those leaders enjoyed greater personal well- being than other managers," Lemoine says. "The problem is, though, that when we talk about an 'ethical business leader,' we're oen not talking about the same person." The study showed varying ethical ap- proaches yield different outcomes. For example, leaders who define 'moral' as ad- hering to standards and norms tend to avoid legal scandals, but may exploit the rules to their own ends. Servant leaders— who prioritize doing the most good for the most people—had strong results for customer service and community impact, but may struggle with competing priori- ties. Finally, independent-minded leaders who follow their own personal moral com- pass oen build innovative, transparent Moral leaders perform better—but what's 'moral' is up for debate 20 Buffalo Business Spring 2019 Lemoine From left, Alan Katerinsky, Aisha O'Mally, Rose Hu and Nicole Zeftel. Photo: Tom Wolf Meet the new faculty School of Management faculty contin- uously push the frontiers of knowledge to positively change the world through schol- arship, education and engagement. Last fall, the school welcomed four new addi- tions to its already excellent roster. Rose M. Hu, CPA, is a clinical assistant professor of accounting and law. Hu teach- es auditing and serves as assistant to the de- partment chair and faculty advisor to Beta Alpha Psi. Previously, she was an audit se- nior manager at KPMG and was involved in designing, developing and instructing sev- eral national training courses. Hu earned both her BS and MBA from the School of Management. She and her husband enjoy travel. Two of their favorite road trips include an East Coast journey down to Key West, Florida, highlighted by a stop at Cape Canaveral to watch NASA launch its last space shut- tle mission, and a cross-country trek from Buffalo to Washington state with visits to such national parks as the Badlands, Yellowstone, Grand Teton and Glacier. Alan Katerinsky, clinical assistant professor of management science and sys- tems, teaches information security, net- working and computer fundamentals, IT for business, applied business program- ming and database management. Research interests include network and cloud com- puting security, and policy for cybersecuri- ty and international telecommunications. He has worked as a security research con- sultant in both the private and government sectors, and has an MS in management in- formation systems and a certificate of ad- vanced study in information assurance from the School of Management, as well as a BA from UB. Off the clock, Katerinsky is a poet whose works have appeared in various small press magazines, and Cringe Worthy Press has published his first collection of poetry, Crossing Paths at Midnight. He is also a (yet-to-be-published) novelist. Aisha K. O'Mally joined the school as a clinical assistant professor of organiza- tion and human resources. O'Mally teaches communication literacy for business. Her research interests are in the areas of busi- ness and professional writing, communica- tion in business, health care and business, and health communication. She earned her doctorate, with an emphasis in health communication, from UB. She also has an MS in communication from the Rochester Institute of Technology and a BA in sociolo- gy from SUNY Geneseo. In her leisure time, O'Mally loves to knit and crochet. Nicole Zeel is a clinical assistant professor of organization and human resources. She teaches communication literacy for business. Her research is in composition and rhetoric, digital pedago- gy, 19th-century American literature and the relationship of literature to medicine. She has a doctorate and MPhil from City University of New York Graduate Center, as well as an MA in English literature from UB, and BA in art history and literary stud- ies from the University of Toronto. In the last year, Zeel finished her PhD, adopted a Chihuahua named Chi Chi, and ran the New York City Marathon. x

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