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- Does virtuous leadership walk side by side with creativity in Delta Cafés?Publication . Abreu, Isabel Cruz Nogueira Telo de; Nogueira, Sara Maria Leitão Jorge Marques de Almeida de Ibérico; Almeida, LeonorIn the current environment where fast and constant changes are expected within organizations, the encouragement of a Virtuous Leadership and higher levels of creative thinking, have been imperative for their survival. These appear as crucial to modern organizations that aim to obtain competitive advantages in a globalized market. The present study aims to analyse, according to the perceptions of the subordinates, the leader’s levels of virtuous leadership and the subordinates’ creativity level while exploring the existing relationship between the two, within the Delta Cafés employees. The differences between the levels of Virtuous Leadership and Creativity according to some social-demographic variables will also be analysed. The convenience sample is composed of 201 Delta Cafés employees, 90 (44.8%) males, 111 (55.2%) females, between the ages of 19 and 64 (M=39.49; SD=9.03). To operationalise the Virtuous Leadership variable, the Virtuous Leadership Questionnaire (VLQ) from Rego and Cunha (2011) and adapted by Lopes and Araújo (2013) was used, and for Creativity the TCT-DP (Test for Creative Thinking – Drawing Production) developed by K. Urban and H. Jellen (1996) was the applied test. Regarding the main results, individuals with 12th grade education, from a less instructed middle class and the ones who receive weekly feedbacks, seem to perceive more virtuosity in their leader’s leadership practices, as well as men being on average more creative and showing a higher tendency to innovate. Moreover, the results show no correlation between the levels of Virtuous Leadership and Creativity. This research further indicates limitations and implications, as well as cues for future research.