“…Ethical leadership: Leadership style has been recognized as having an important role in determining certain work attitudes and behaviors (Eva et al, 2019;Inceoglu et al, 2018). Previous research has revealed that positive leader behavior can shape productive attitudes and behaviors such as OCB (Cooper et al, 2018;Newman et al, 2017), internal whistleblowing (Anita et al, 2021), knowledge-sharing (Abdillah, 2021) and organizational performance (MallĂ©n et al, 2015). EL is described as "the display of normatively appropriate behavior through individual actions and interpersonal relationships, and the promotion of that behavior to followers through two-way communication, reinforcement, and decision making" (Den Hartog & Belschak, 2012;Brown & Treviño, 2014;Zaim et al, 2021).…”