How do the authentic leaders make ethical decisions? Examining the mediating role of empathy

Rabindra Kumar Pradhan, PhD, is currently working as a Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, West Bengal, India. Prof. Pradhan has more than 20 years of teaching and research experience in psychology and human resources management and has published more than 80 research papers in reputed international peer-reviewed journals published by Elsevier, Emerald, Springer, Sage, Taylor and Francis, Pearson and Inderscience publishers, etc. In addition, he has published 05 handbooks and 25 book chapters in reputed edited International Handbooks. Some of his papers are published in the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Knowledge Management, Journal Enterprise and Information Management, Current Psychology, and International Journal of Productivity and Performance Management, and Benchmarking: An International Journal, etc. His research interests include leadership, OCB, workplace wellbeing, psychological capital, workplace spirituality, stress and health and emotional intelligence.

Kailash Jandu works as a DRDO Scientist B at the Selection Centre East Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh, India. He is also pursuing his Doctorate at the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. He is an MSc gold medalist from the University of Hyderabad, India. His interest areas include health psychology, positive psychology, personality psychology and positive organizational behavior. His work has been published in several journals of international repute. He has presented his research work at various national and international seminars and conferences.

Himaja Boinapalli, is currently a 1st year EdM Candidate in Mental Health Counseling, Department of Counselling and Clinical Psychology, Teachers College, Columbia University, USA. She worked as Summer Research Intern under the supervision of Prof. Rabindra Kumar Pradhan in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India before joining Columbia University. She has presented papers in the International Congress of Psychology and in the Annual Conference of the National Academy of Psychology, India. She has worked in a number of research projects in reputed institute and universities in India.

Dr Madhusmita Panda, PhD is currently working as Adjunct Professor at the West Georgia Technical College, Atlanta, GA, USA. She received her PhD degree in the field of Human Resources Empowerment from the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, India. Her research interests focus on antecedents and consequences of human resource empowerment and tools and techniques to measure human resource empowerment. She has published research papers in peer-reviewed international and national journals such as the Journal of Business Research, Journal of Enterprise and Information Management, Global Business Review and Journal of Asia Business Studies. She has also worked as a visiting faculty at XIM University, India. She serves as a reviewer for the Journal of Asia Business Studies, Emerald Publishers.

Soumya Mishra, PhD is currently working as an Associate Professor at the Institute of Business and Computer Studies, Faculty of Management, SOA University, Kalinga Nagar, Ghatikia-751003, Bhubaneswar, Odisha, India. She specialises in Organisational Behaviour and Human Resource Management. She has more than 15 years of experience in teaching, training and research and has published a number of papers in national and international journals. Mishra has presented research papers in many national and international seminars and conferences.