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Increasing research has focused on understanding whether anger expression contributes to effective leadership, and findings have shown both positive and negative effects of leader’s anger expression. To reconcile the conflicting results, we proposed and examined one contextual factor—whether leader’s anger concerns matters of followers’ integrity or competence—that may determine the different effects of leader’s anger expression. Results of an experimental study revealed that a leader was perceived to be less trustworthy and ethical when the leader expressed anger in response to follower’s competence-based violation. However, a leader was perceived to be more trustworthy and ethical when the leader expressed anger in response to follower’s integrity-based violation. Perceived appropriateness of leader’s anger expression mediated the above relationship. Theoretical and managerial implications were …