ABSTRACT
Business schools may need to "clean their houses" to facilitate a supportive, inclusive and psychologically safe climate for both men and women. This chapter focuses on the way positive identity created through gender equity and organizational justice relates to psychological safety. A leader's ethical role modelling is an important aspect of psychological safety, but is not the only salient antecedent business faculty may face. Ethical leadership can be imperative for establishing a positive collective identity among business colleagues. Ethical leaders demonstrate "normatively appropriate conduct through personal actions and interpersonal relationships" and promote followers' appropriate conduct "through two-way communication, reinforcement, and decision-making". True gender equity means allowing women to be valued equally within the culture of a business school for their unique contributions and perspectives. The chapter suggests that a non-reciprocating environment, such as one with an exclusionary climate, could lead members of the exchange to pull back from interactions with others.
