Staff profile

Dr Ziya Ete is an Assistant Professor in Leadership and Organizational Behavior and Co-Director of the Centre for Leadership and Followership at Durham University Business School. He received his PhD from Durham University in 2024 and his Master’s degree from Pennsylvania State University in 2015. Prior to his current appointment, Ziya served as a Research Associate and Teaching Fellow within the Durham University Business School.

Ziya’s research focuses on leadership, with particular interests in behavioural integrity, identity and identification, and ethical leadership. His current work examines how a leader’s self-concept (leader identity) drives consistency between their words and actions (behavioural integrity), and explores the subsequent impacts of this consistency on the motivational, behavioural, and well-being outcomes of both leaders and followers. Ziya’s broader research interests also include character strengths and development, authenticity and authentic leadership, and the dynamics of transgressions in leader–follower relationships. His work has been published in leading academic journals, including The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Business Ethics, and Journal of Managerial Psychology.

Mini Biography

Dr Ziya Ete is Assistant Professor in Leadership and Organizational Behavior and Co-Director of the Centre for Leadership and Followership at Durham University Business School. He received his PhD from Durham University, where he has been a faculty member since 2022. His research interests include leadership, behavioural integrity, leader identity, ethical leadership, and authenticity.

• Behavioural Integrity
• Identity
• Authenticity
• Ethical Leadership

Chapter in book

• Character and Leadership
  
  Sosik, J. J., Chun, J. U., & Ete, Z. (2020). Character and Leadership. In B. Carducci, C. Nave, J. Mio, & R. Riggio (Eds.), The Wiley Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Wiley. https://doi.org/10.1002/9781118970843.ch348

Conference Paper

• Daily Leader Identity, Behavioral Integrity, And Leader Outcomes
  
  Ete, Z. (2025). Daily Leader Identity, Behavioral Integrity, And Leader Outcomes. Academy of Management Proceedings [Conference abstract], 2025(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/amproc.2025.21981abstract
• Leader Behavioral Integrity and Emotions
  
  Marstand, A. F., Kapoutsis, I., & Ete, Z. (2024). Leader Behavioral Integrity and Emotions. Academy of Management Proceedings [Conference abstract], 2024(1). https://doi.org/10.5465/amproc.2024.16688abstract

Journal Article

• An actor‐centric perspective on leader word‐action misalignment: Leader locus of control, shame, and behavioural responses
  
  Marstand, A. F., van Knippenberg, D., Kapoutsis, I., Epitropaki, O., Ete, Z., & Dawson, J. (2025). An actor‐centric perspective on leader word‐action misalignment: Leader locus of control, shame, and behavioural responses. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology, 98(2), Article e70030. https://doi.org/10.1111/joop.70030
• Leader and Organizational Behavioral Integrity and Follower Behavioral Outcomes: The Role of Identification Processes
  
  Ete, Z., Epitropaki, O., Zhou, Q., & Graham, L. (2022). Leader and Organizational Behavioral Integrity and Follower Behavioral Outcomes: The Role of Identification Processes. Journal of Business Ethics, 176(4), 741-760. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04728-6
• Leader-follower transgressions, relationship repair strategies and outcomes: A state-of-the-science review and a way forward
  
  Epitropaki, O., Radulovic, A., Ete, Z., Thomas, G., & Martin, R. (2020). Leader-follower transgressions, relationship repair strategies and outcomes: A state-of-the-science review and a way forward. Leadership Quarterly, 31(1), Article 101376. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.leaqua.2019.101376
• Leader honesty/humility and subordinate organizational citizenship behavior: a case of too-much-of-a-good-thing?
  
  Ete, Z., Sosik, J., Cheong, M., Chun, J., Zhu, W., Arenas, F., & Scherer, J. (2020). Leader honesty/humility and subordinate organizational citizenship behavior: a case of too-much-of-a-good-thing? Journal of Managerial Psychology, 35(5), 391-404. https://doi.org/10.1108/jmp-10-2019-0557
• Self-control Puts Character into Action: Examining How Leader Character Strengths and Ethical Leadership Relate to Leader Outcomes
  
  Sosik, J. J., Chun, J. U., Ete, Z., Arenas, F. J., & Scherer, J. A. (2019). Self-control Puts Character into Action: Examining How Leader Character Strengths and Ethical Leadership Relate to Leader Outcomes. Journal of Business Ethics, 160(3), 765-781. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-018-3908-0