Ethical leadership for better sustainable performance: Role of employee values, behavior and ethical climate

Dey, Mouri; Bhattacharjee, Swadip; Mahmood, Monowar; Uddin, Md. Aftab; Biswas, Shetu Ranjan

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130527

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“…However, an employee's wellbeing is snagged by negative emotions ( 6 ), such as workplace embitterment (feeling of unfairness and humiliation) that develop owing to numerous organisational events, decisions, and leaders' behaviors ( 4 ). Employees' emotions are responses followed by copious events encountered in their relationship with leaders, others, and the organisation's environment ( 7 ); they value employee wellbeing. Appraisal theorists of emotions divulge that employee emotions nourish and intensify when an event or situation is important to him [as cited in ( 8 )].…”

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“…Those events escorted by injustice or controlled supervision instigate embitterment in employees and eventually influence their wellbeing ( 1 , 9 ). The emergent research on ethical leadership delineates it as a leader's mechanism that governs employees' emotions either negatively or positively, depending on the genuine leader's ethical practices ( 5 , 7 ). The relationship between (unethical) behavior and employee wellbeing is convoluted and complex; appraisal theorists contend that, among other processes, the impact of unethical organizational practices on embitterment negatively impacts employee wellbeing ( 7 , 10 ).…”

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“…The emergent research on ethical leadership delineates it as a leader's mechanism that governs employees' emotions either negatively or positively, depending on the genuine leader's ethical practices ( 5 , 7 ). The relationship between (unethical) behavior and employee wellbeing is convoluted and complex; appraisal theorists contend that, among other processes, the impact of unethical organizational practices on embitterment negatively impacts employee wellbeing ( 7 , 10 ). Giacalone and Promislo urge that organizations at effective monitoring of low ethical behavior may slacken the emergence of negative emotions and thus advance employee wellbeing ( 10 ).…”

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“…Researchers have explicitly ascertained the significance of leaders' ethical practices, such as fairness, integrity, care for others, and role clarification, for managing low ethical behavior in organizations ( 5 , 7 , 11 ). The majority of this research, which employed the Brown et al ( 12 ) scale and was done in the West, had limited details on South Asian territory.…”

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Ethical behaviors by leaders act as a stimulant to the wellbeing of employees by restraining workplace embitterment

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2022

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Prior studies have revealed that leaders' ethical behaviors significantly influence employees' wellbeing. However, it's unclear how to increase the positive impact of leaders' ethical behaviors on employees' wellbeing by overseeing the negative workplace emotion. So, this study examines the salient concern of leaders' ethical behaviors that affect employees' negative emotions (workplace embitterment) and, consequently, their wellbeing according to appraisal theories of emotions. The study also investigates the active role of followers' core self-evaluation in moderating the impact of leaders' ethical behaviors on followers' emotions and wellbeing via the mediational chain. Data is collected in two-time intervals with 6 weeks interims through a structured questionnaire from 398 academics of public sector universities in Pakistan. The structured equation modeling and Process Macro 2017 are the tools for data analysis. Findings of this study show that (1) ethical behaviors by leaders have a negative impact on employee workplace embitterment, (2) workplace embitterment completely mediates the association between ethical behaviors of leaders and employee wellbeing, and (3) when leaders do not exhibit ethical behaviors, workplace embitterment is lessened showing high core self-evaluations by employees. In addition, the study findings also reveal that employees' core self-evaluation moderates the effect of leaders' ethical behaviors through workplace embitterment. This study validates the significant role of a leader's ethical behaviors in nourishing employee wellbeing by preventing negative emotions. The study is also significant as it examines how followers' attribute core self-evaluation: (1) can be a substitute for leaders' ethical behaviors and (2) can actively modify the effect of leaders' ethical behaviors on followers' negative emotions and then wellbeing. The study also discussed its contributions in theory and to organizations.

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“…Devendhiran and Wesley [9] found that spiritual values have received increasing attention as a component that can increase organizational commitment, engagement, and employee performance within an organization or company. This is indicated by an increase in employee well-being and requires a spiritual leadership model [10], which has a favorable effect on a variety of results, including organizational commitment [11]. Accepting the employee's spiritual needs will encourage individuals to discover the value or significance of their career.…”

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How does Spiritual Leadership Influences Employee Well-Being? Findings from PLS-SEM and FsQCA

Chang

Arisanti²

2022

Emerg Sci J

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This study aims to examine the relationship between spiritual leadership, affective commitment, work engagement, and employee well-being. In this test, the hypotheses of 356 public sector employees through Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) and fuzzy set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA). PLS-SEM results show that spiritual leadership affects affective commitment, work engagement, and employee well-being and shows that affective commitment and work engagement have different effects because of parallel mediation with spiritual leadership in improving employee well-being. The results of the FsQCA provide theoretical insights and practical recommendations on how to improve understanding of spiritual leadership, affective commitment, work engagement, and employee well-being. This research has implications for policymakers, especially in the public sector, to support and develop spiritual practices that can help employees improve employee well-being through affective commitment and work engagement. In addition, this research can help organizations improve the performance of individuals in organizations, especially public organizations, to make positive contributions to society at large. Doi: 10.28991/ESJ-2022-06-06-09 Full Text: PDF

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The impact of ethical leadership on KM practices and performance

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Recent advancements in leadership research emphasise the influential role of ethical leadership in shaping positive employee behaviour. However, there remains unclear the precise impact of ethical leadership on organisational performance and its interaction with knowledge creation and knowledge networks. Drawing on both the knowledge‐based view and the ethical leadership literature, this study asserts a positive influence of ethical leadership on both organisational performance and knowledge creation. Furthermore, we propose that knowledge creation positively impacts knowledge networks, which, in turn, exert a positive influence on organisational performance. To validate these propositions, we employ structural equation modelling on a dataset comprising 205 Turkish firms. Our study contributes to the (ethical) leadership literature as one of the initial attempts to examine the relationship between ethical leadership and organisational performance while considering the roles of knowledge creation and knowledge networks.

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Ethical leadership for better sustainable performance: Role of employee values, behavior and ethical climate

Cited by 50 publications

References 101 publications

Ethical behaviors by leaders act as a stimulant to the wellbeing of employees by restraining workplace embitterment

Ethical behaviors by leaders act as a stimulant to the wellbeing of employees by restraining workplace embitterment

How does Spiritual Leadership Influences Employee Well-Being? Findings from PLS-SEM and FsQCA

The impact of ethical leadership on KM practices and performance

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