Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption
Ethical leadership has been suggested as an organizational factor that could reduce unethical behaviors in an organization. We extend this research by examining how and when ethical leadership could reduce followers’ corruption. We examined the moderating role of followers’ Machiavellianism and the...
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| author | Muhammad U. Manara Muhammad U. Manara Suzanne van Gils Annika Nübold Fred R. H. Zijlstra |
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| description | Ethical leadership has been suggested as an organizational factor that could reduce unethical behaviors in an organization. We extend this research by examining how and when ethical leadership could reduce followers’ corruption. We examined the moderating role of followers’ Machiavellianism and the mediating role of intuitive thinking style in the negative effect of ethical leadership on corruption. Across two different studies (field study and experiment), we found that ethical leadership decreases followers’ corruption (Studies 1 and 2) and that this negative effect is mediated by followers’ intuitive thinking style (Study 2). Furthermore, followers’ Machiavellianism moderated the direct negative effect of ethical leadership on corruption. However, the pattern of this moderation was not consistent. In Study 1, we found that ethical leadership has the strongest direct negative impact on corruption when followers’ Machiavellianism is high, whereas in Study 2, we found that ethical leadership has the strongest direct negative effect on corruption when followers’ Machiavellianism is low. The theoretical implications for corruption, ethical leadership, and information processing research, as well as practical implications for corruption prevention, will be discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-d00e272f08434205a55c6726e50ae98f2022-12-22T00:21:54ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782020-11-011110.3389/fpsyg.2020.578419578419Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and CorruptionMuhammad U. Manara0Muhammad U. Manara1Suzanne van Gils2Annika Nübold3Fred R. H. Zijlstra4Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, NetherlandsFaculty of Psychology, University of Merdeka Malang, Malang, IndonesiaDepartment of Communication and Culture, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, NorwayDepartment of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, NetherlandsDepartment of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, NetherlandsEthical leadership has been suggested as an organizational factor that could reduce unethical behaviors in an organization. We extend this research by examining how and when ethical leadership could reduce followers’ corruption. We examined the moderating role of followers’ Machiavellianism and the mediating role of intuitive thinking style in the negative effect of ethical leadership on corruption. Across two different studies (field study and experiment), we found that ethical leadership decreases followers’ corruption (Studies 1 and 2) and that this negative effect is mediated by followers’ intuitive thinking style (Study 2). Furthermore, followers’ Machiavellianism moderated the direct negative effect of ethical leadership on corruption. However, the pattern of this moderation was not consistent. In Study 1, we found that ethical leadership has the strongest direct negative impact on corruption when followers’ Machiavellianism is high, whereas in Study 2, we found that ethical leadership has the strongest direct negative effect on corruption when followers’ Machiavellianism is low. The theoretical implications for corruption, ethical leadership, and information processing research, as well as practical implications for corruption prevention, will be discussed.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.578419/fullcorruptionethical leadershipMachiavellianismintuitive thinking stylesurveyexperiment |
| spellingShingle | Muhammad U. Manara Muhammad U. Manara Suzanne van Gils Annika Nübold Fred R. H. Zijlstra Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption Frontiers in Psychology corruption ethical leadership Machiavellianism intuitive thinking style survey experiment |
| title | Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption |
| title_full | Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption |
| title_fullStr | Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption |
| title_full_unstemmed | Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption |
| title_short | Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption |
| title_sort | corruption fast or slow ethical leadership interacts with machiavellianism to influence intuitive thinking and corruption |
| topic | corruption ethical leadership Machiavellianism intuitive thinking style survey experiment |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.578419/full |
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