دانلود رایگان مقاله انگلیسی تاثیر رهبری اخلاقی بر رفتار شهروندی سازمانی: نقش مدیریت اهرم کاری در محل کار - امرالد 2017

Abstract

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to clarify the relationship between ethical leadership and employee organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), specifically the mechanisms through which ethical leadership impacts employee OCB, and the moderating role of workplace ostracism. Design/methodology/approach – The study used the survey-based dyad data collected from middle management team members and their immediate subordinates in Chinese companies. Multiple regression analysis was used to test the research hypothesis. Findings – The empirical findings indicate that ethical leadership positively influences employee OCB. Organizational commitment mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and employee OCB. Furthermore, the effect of ethical leadership on employee OCB directly and indirectly (via organizational commitment) is moderated by workplace ostracism. Originality/value – This paper adds to knowledge about the relationship between ethical leadership and employee OCB and contributes to better understand workplace ostracism. Keywords Organizational commitment, Organizational citizenship behaviour, Ethical leadership, Mixed model, Workplace Ostracism.

5. Discussion

As predicted, workplace ostracism moderates the effects of ethical leadership on OCB, on organizational commitment, and the effects of organizational commitment on OCB. The results also revealed that organizational commitment mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and OCB.

5.1 Theoretical and practical implications

This research has some theoretical contribution to the relationship between ethical leadership and employee’s OCB. First, previous research works show that ethical leadership has a positive effect on OCB (Wang and Sung, 2016; Yang et al., 2016; Brown and Trevino, 2006; Frisch and Huppenbauer, 2014). Researchers explaining the mechanism that ethical leadership affects OCB mainly depend on social learning and social exchange theory. This research contributes to the relationship between ethical leadership and OCB using social identity theory, offering an additional perspective to understand the relationship. Otherwise, this research shows that ethical leadership can affect OCB through shaping one’s organizational commitment, which widens the outcome of ethical leadership and the antecedent of OCB.