Ethical Leadership and Employee Ethical Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Mechanisms
Purpose- Based on the ongoing unethical scandal in the organizations, this study aims to explain the relationship between ethical leaders and their followers’ ethical behavior by explaining the underlying mechanisms. Design/Methodology- Data were collected through a structured questionnaire fro...
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Purpose- Based on the ongoing unethical scandal in the organizations, this study aims to explain the relationship between ethical leaders and their followers’ ethical behavior by explaining the underlying mechanisms.
Design/Methodology- Data were collected through a structured questionnaire from the employees working in companies that produce fast-moving consumer goods. Three hundred sixty-nine samples were taken to study the proposed relationships.
Findings- Results showed ethical leaders positively influence followers. Perceptual and reflective moral attentiveness positively mediates between ethical leadership and ethical behavior of employees. Moral awareness negatively moderates between ethical leadership and followers’ ethical behavior via reflective moral attentiveness, whereas moral awareness does not moderate the relationship.
Practical Implications- Following the call for determinants of ethical behavior, this study provides insights for the managers to foster ethical behavior at the workplace.
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| spelling | doaj.art-1e9eec890c32401cb700cbdf98eeb27f2024-03-16T00:24:02ZengseisenseSEISENSE Journal of Management2617-57702020-03-013210.33215/sjom.v3i2.321Ethical Leadership and Employee Ethical Behavior: A Moderated Mediation MechanismsMuhammad Osaid Rabie0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7665-165XMarlin Abdul Malek1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1504-2882Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara MalaysiaOthman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business, Universiti Utara Malaysia Purpose- Based on the ongoing unethical scandal in the organizations, this study aims to explain the relationship between ethical leaders and their followers’ ethical behavior by explaining the underlying mechanisms. Design/Methodology- Data were collected through a structured questionnaire from the employees working in companies that produce fast-moving consumer goods. Three hundred sixty-nine samples were taken to study the proposed relationships. Findings- Results showed ethical leaders positively influence followers. Perceptual and reflective moral attentiveness positively mediates between ethical leadership and ethical behavior of employees. Moral awareness negatively moderates between ethical leadership and followers’ ethical behavior via reflective moral attentiveness, whereas moral awareness does not moderate the relationship. Practical Implications- Following the call for determinants of ethical behavior, this study provides insights for the managers to foster ethical behavior at the workplace. https://journal.seisense.com/jom/article/view/321Ethical LeadershipEthical BehaviorEthicsLeadership |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad Osaid Rabie Marlin Abdul Malek Ethical Leadership and Employee Ethical Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Mechanisms SEISENSE Journal of Management Ethical Leadership Ethical Behavior Ethics Leadership |
| title | Ethical Leadership and Employee Ethical Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Mechanisms |
| title_full | Ethical Leadership and Employee Ethical Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Mechanisms |
| title_fullStr | Ethical Leadership and Employee Ethical Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Mechanisms |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ethical Leadership and Employee Ethical Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Mechanisms |
| title_short | Ethical Leadership and Employee Ethical Behavior: A Moderated Mediation Mechanisms |
| title_sort | ethical leadership and employee ethical behavior a moderated mediation mechanisms |
| topic | Ethical Leadership Ethical Behavior Ethics Leadership |
| url | https://journal.seisense.com/jom/article/view/321 |
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