We Need More Research on Unethical Leadership Behavior in Public Organizations

Hassan, Shahidul

doi:10.1080/10999922.2019.1667666

Cited by 25 publications

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“…This study expands the scope of appraisal theories of emotions by elucidating leaders' ethical behaviors as a stimulant of employee wellbeing by controlling WPE. Moreover, this study also implies that workplace embitterment mediates the link between a leader's ethical behaviors and employees' wellbeing, as suggested by numerous researchers ( 20 , 50 , 68 – 70 ). It is alluring that employees with high core self-evaluation are likelier to be independent of leaders' ethical behaviors and potentially swap the low leader's ethical behaviors.…”

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“…First and foremost, several studies in the literature demonstrated that leaders' ethical behaviors and ethical leadership are one of the significant factors affecting employees' imperative behaviors and wellbeing positively ( 28 – 30 , 69 , 70 ). This study considered the affective perspective, which potentially affects the relationship between leaders' ethical behaviors and employees' wellbeing.…”

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confidence: 99%

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

Saleem

Bashir²,

Abrar³

2022

Front. Public Health

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

Saleem

Bashir²,

Abrar³

2022

Front. Public Health

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“…Further, as ethical leadership has a role to play in enhancing ethics and values in the public service, we echo the plethora of contemporary calls for research into unethical leadership (Belle & Cantarelli, 2017; Downe, Cowell, & Morgan, 2016; Hassan, 2019; Hassan, Wright, & Yukl, 2014) and highlight that the following areas needs to be explored further. How does unethical leadership behavior affect the work motivation and behavior of public sector employees? What are the causal effects of ethical leadership on followers' unethical behaviour? How does the interface between political and career employees produce unethical behaviour? …”

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confidence: 70%

Public service ethics, values and spirituality in developing and transitional countries: Challenges and opportunities

Hossain

Kumasey

Rees

et al. 2020

Public Admin & Development

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Summary Concerns over the unethical conduct of leaders and public officials have led to the renaissance of interest in public service ethics and values. Although national and organizational systems and structures have been instituted to either eradicate or ameliorate unethical behaviours in the public service of countries, the practice still persists with devastating consequences. As one way forward, spirituality has been touted as having the potential of stimulating the moral thoughts of individuals who are dealing with ethical issues, thereby reducing unethical behaviour and generating positive organizational behaviour. Drawing from the perspectives of developing and transitional countries, this special issue empirically examines the extent to which ethics, values and spirituality can reduce unethical behaviours.

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“…The citizenry is to assume that public actors and organizations will notice the need for informed and conscious decision-making demanding far more due diligence of a public official than the traditional citizen, especially regarding major, impactful, and critical choices requiring a fair assessment (Reed et al, 2020). The multi-level complexity of this assumption poses unique challenges for public leadership as their diverse personal experiences, contexts, and interpersonal processes influence leadership roles, discretionary decisions, overwhelming statistics of professional burnout, and the reality that some public officials use their position and trust to pursue their own interests or to undermine the interests of others (Allison & Cecilione, 2008; Brady, 1983; Hassan, 2019; Witkowski, 2020). This is especially important post-2020, a year of upheaval and calls for increased accountability, critical assessment, and public vigilance from street-level bureaucrats to our highest leaders.…”

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Redefining Morally Conscious Decision-Making for the Public Sector: A Theoretical Analysis

Brandt

Rodríguez

Nwakpuda

et al. 2022

Administration & Society

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This paper proposes a conceptual definition of morally conscious decision-making as “cognizant processing of an actor’s core values setting aside self-interest when presented with a dilemma.” Using moral phenomenology, Deweyan pragmatism, and piecing together previous works on decision-making, we develop a definitional framework that makes a case for specified and refined scopes of our understanding of morality and ethics in public administration. We then decompartmentalize this framework to demonstrate the validity, benefits, purpose, and consequences of decision-making that is morally conscious. We propose critical thinking and situational awareness as required skills for the application of the proposed framework. Ultimately, morally conscious decision-making is a way for public administration to better activate a response to growing demands for increased accountability and just leadership.

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We Need More Research on Unethical Leadership Behavior in Public Organizations

Cited by 25 publications

References 17 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

Public service ethics, values and spirituality in developing and transitional countries: Challenges and opportunities

Redefining Morally Conscious Decision-Making for the Public Sector: A Theoretical Analysis

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