The relationship between hope and optimism, ethical leadership and person-organisation fit
Background: Ethical leadership is viewed as a challenge globally, with person-organisation fit, as well as hope and optimism, being regarded as an essential element of employee well-being and, ultimately, productivity. Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the employees’...
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| author | Anton Grobler Yvonne T. Joubert |
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| description | Background: Ethical leadership is viewed as a challenge globally, with person-organisation fit, as well as hope and optimism, being regarded as an essential element of employee well-being and, ultimately, productivity.
Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the employees’ perceived ethical leadership in the organisation and the employees’ person-organisation fit, hope and optimism.
Setting: Employees of 30 organisations in South Africa were sampled and there were 1663 respondents.
Methods: A typical positivist methodology – based on an empirical approach, using a cross-sectional design and the quantitative analysis of the data obtained from the surveys – was utilised in this study.
Results: It was found that there is a strong, positive relationship between ethical leadership and hope and optimism (as a composite construct). It was further found that person-organisation fit mediates this relationship.
Conclusion: Recommendations were made to enhance hope and optimism from an institutional (including human resources) as well as leadership level. Recommendations were also made for further research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fc40b51a4acc4e3b87bcdce584a264c12022-12-21T19:20:38ZengAOSISSouth African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences1015-88122222-34362020-05-01231e1e1110.4102/sajems.v23i1.2872942The relationship between hope and optimism, ethical leadership and person-organisation fitAnton Grobler0Yvonne T. Joubert1Department of Leadership and Organisational Behaviour, Graduate School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa, MidrandDepartment of Human Resource Management, Faculty of the College of Economic and Management Sciences (CEMS), University of South Africa, PretoriaBackground: Ethical leadership is viewed as a challenge globally, with person-organisation fit, as well as hope and optimism, being regarded as an essential element of employee well-being and, ultimately, productivity. Aim: The aim of this study is to examine the relationship between the employees’ perceived ethical leadership in the organisation and the employees’ person-organisation fit, hope and optimism. Setting: Employees of 30 organisations in South Africa were sampled and there were 1663 respondents. Methods: A typical positivist methodology – based on an empirical approach, using a cross-sectional design and the quantitative analysis of the data obtained from the surveys – was utilised in this study. Results: It was found that there is a strong, positive relationship between ethical leadership and hope and optimism (as a composite construct). It was further found that person-organisation fit mediates this relationship. Conclusion: Recommendations were made to enhance hope and optimism from an institutional (including human resources) as well as leadership level. Recommendations were also made for further research.https://sajems.org/index.php/sajems/article/view/2872ethical leadershiphopemicro, meso, macro levelsoptimismperson-organisation fit. |
| spellingShingle | Anton Grobler Yvonne T. Joubert The relationship between hope and optimism, ethical leadership and person-organisation fit South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences ethical leadership hope micro, meso, macro levels optimism person-organisation fit. |
| title | The relationship between hope and optimism, ethical leadership and person-organisation fit |
| title_full | The relationship between hope and optimism, ethical leadership and person-organisation fit |
| title_fullStr | The relationship between hope and optimism, ethical leadership and person-organisation fit |
| title_full_unstemmed | The relationship between hope and optimism, ethical leadership and person-organisation fit |
| title_short | The relationship between hope and optimism, ethical leadership and person-organisation fit |
| title_sort | relationship between hope and optimism ethical leadership and person organisation fit |
| topic | ethical leadership hope micro, meso, macro levels optimism person-organisation fit. |
| url | https://sajems.org/index.php/sajems/article/view/2872 |
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