Virtuous Leadership for Social Sustainability: Integrating Psychological Well-Being and Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities in the Workplace

Social sustainability that starts from the workplace is a relevant factor for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Based on this need, this study analyzes the role of virtuous leadership as facilitator of health and inclusive work environments that integrate followers’ psychological...

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Main Authors: María-José Rodríguez-Araneda, Pablo Livacic-Rojas
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Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2025-04-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/15/5/155
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description Social sustainability that starts from the workplace is a relevant factor for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Based on this need, this study analyzes the role of virtuous leadership as facilitator of health and inclusive work environments that integrate followers’ psychological well-being and their attitudes towards people with disabilities. An exploratory design was used with latent variables to assess the proposed virtue-based ethical leadership adjustment model for social sustainability, which presented efficient absolute, comparative, and parsimonious adjustments for its operationalization. In conclusion, virtuous leadership plays a relevant role in the development of followers’ psychological well-being, and attitudes towards people with disabilities in the workplace, contributing to the social sustainability criteria from the work environment.
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spelling doaj-art-591d1955b3ee45d2a3c1d88394d5c2f42025-08-20T03:14:39ZengMDPI AGAdministrative Sciences2076-33872025-04-0115515510.3390/admsci15050155Virtuous Leadership for Social Sustainability: Integrating Psychological Well-Being and Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities in the WorkplaceMaría-José Rodríguez-Araneda0Pablo Livacic-Rojas1School of Psychology, University of Santiago of Chile, Santiago 9170197, ChileSchool of Psychology, University of Santiago of Chile, Santiago 9170197, ChileSocial sustainability that starts from the workplace is a relevant factor for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals. Based on this need, this study analyzes the role of virtuous leadership as facilitator of health and inclusive work environments that integrate followers’ psychological well-being and their attitudes towards people with disabilities. An exploratory design was used with latent variables to assess the proposed virtue-based ethical leadership adjustment model for social sustainability, which presented efficient absolute, comparative, and parsimonious adjustments for its operationalization. In conclusion, virtuous leadership plays a relevant role in the development of followers’ psychological well-being, and attitudes towards people with disabilities in the workplace, contributing to the social sustainability criteria from the work environment.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/15/5/155virtuous leadershipsocial sustainabilitypsychological well-beingattitudes towards people with disabilitiesworkplace
spellingShingle María-José Rodríguez-Araneda
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Virtuous Leadership for Social Sustainability: Integrating Psychological Well-Being and Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities in the Workplace
Administrative Sciences
virtuous leadership
social sustainability
psychological well-being
attitudes towards people with disabilities
workplace
title Virtuous Leadership for Social Sustainability: Integrating Psychological Well-Being and Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities in the Workplace
title_full Virtuous Leadership for Social Sustainability: Integrating Psychological Well-Being and Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities in the Workplace
title_fullStr Virtuous Leadership for Social Sustainability: Integrating Psychological Well-Being and Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities in the Workplace
title_full_unstemmed Virtuous Leadership for Social Sustainability: Integrating Psychological Well-Being and Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities in the Workplace
title_short Virtuous Leadership for Social Sustainability: Integrating Psychological Well-Being and Attitudes Towards People with Disabilities in the Workplace
title_sort virtuous leadership for social sustainability integrating psychological well being and attitudes towards people with disabilities in the workplace
topic virtuous leadership
social sustainability
psychological well-being
attitudes towards people with disabilities
workplace
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