The impact of ethical leadership on employee engagement within a South African public higher education institution
Ethical leadership has become a fundamental building block amongst the corporate organizations globally. However, minimal research evidence was found from a higher education institution (HEI) perspective, including the evidence from a South African higher education setting. Due to the lack of resear...
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| description | Ethical leadership has become a fundamental building block amongst the corporate organizations globally. However, minimal research evidence was found from a higher education institution (HEI) perspective, including the evidence from a South African higher education setting. Due to the lack of research linking the ethical leadership`s style and employee`s engagement (EE) at higher education institutions, it becomes important to find out if ethical leadership can positively promote the EE, which, in turn, can promote various other benefits at the institutions. Therefore, this study aims to examine this from the perspective of ethical leadership style and its impact on the EE. This study focused on a large HEI (Higher Education institution) based in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Quantitative data collection employed the probability sampling targeting 420 employees. Questionnaires were used as data collection tools and obtained a response rate of 312 (74%). The results show that the average mean value for EE (M = 2.87) was weak in comparison to the measurement standard of 3.00, which implied a lack of EE between leadership and employees. In addition, the results indicate that ethical leadership can positively influence the EE (M = 4.27), thus, indicating the need for more ethical leadership at this institution. Furthermore, the current lack of employee`s engagement by leaders that do not exhibit the ethical leadership style can result in employees` disengagement at the institution. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-7a465bb602644eab959957968db502142022-12-21T22:38:41ZengLLC "CPC "Business Perspectives"Problems and Perspectives in Management1727-70511810-54672019-12-0117431432410.21511/ppm.17(4).2019.2612914The impact of ethical leadership on employee engagement within a South African public higher education institutionAnrusha Bhana0Sachin Suknunan1Ph.D., Department of Financial Accounting, Durban University of TechnologyDoctor of Business Administration, Student Services Division, University of KwaZulu-Natal Ethical leadership has become a fundamental building block amongst the corporate organizations globally. However, minimal research evidence was found from a higher education institution (HEI) perspective, including the evidence from a South African higher education setting. Due to the lack of research linking the ethical leadership`s style and employee`s engagement (EE) at higher education institutions, it becomes important to find out if ethical leadership can positively promote the EE, which, in turn, can promote various other benefits at the institutions. Therefore, this study aims to examine this from the perspective of ethical leadership style and its impact on the EE. This study focused on a large HEI (Higher Education institution) based in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa). Quantitative data collection employed the probability sampling targeting 420 employees. Questionnaires were used as data collection tools and obtained a response rate of 312 (74%). The results show that the average mean value for EE (M = 2.87) was weak in comparison to the measurement standard of 3.00, which implied a lack of EE between leadership and employees. In addition, the results indicate that ethical leadership can positively influence the EE (M = 4.27), thus, indicating the need for more ethical leadership at this institution. Furthermore, the current lack of employee`s engagement by leaders that do not exhibit the ethical leadership style can result in employees` disengagement at the institution.https://businessperspectives.org/images/pdf/applications/publishing/templates/article/assets/12914/PPM_2019_04_Bhana.pdfemployeesengagementethical leadershiphigher education institution |
| spellingShingle | Anrusha Bhana Sachin Suknunan The impact of ethical leadership on employee engagement within a South African public higher education institution Problems and Perspectives in Management employees engagement ethical leadership higher education institution |
| title | The impact of ethical leadership on employee engagement within a South African public higher education institution |
| title_full | The impact of ethical leadership on employee engagement within a South African public higher education institution |
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| title_short | The impact of ethical leadership on employee engagement within a South African public higher education institution |
| title_sort | impact of ethical leadership on employee engagement within a south african public higher education institution |
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