Going Against the Grain Works: An Attributional Perspective of Perceived Ethical Leadership
Department or Administrative Unit
Management
Document Type
Article
Author Copyright
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015
Publication Date
5-30-2015
Journal
Journal of Business Ethics
Abstract
This study provides an attributional perspective to the ethical leadership literature by examining the role of attributed altruistic motives and perceptions of organizational politics in a moderated mediation model. Path analytic tests from two field studies were used for analyses. The results support our hypotheses that attributed altruistic motives would mediate the relationship between perceived ethical leadership and affective organizational commitment. Moreover, the relationship between perceived ethical leadership and attributed altruistic motives was stronger when perceptions of organizational politics were high but weaker when these perceptions were low. The study concludes with a discussion of future research implications as well as managerial implications.
Recommended Citation
Li, C., Wu, K., Johnson, D. E., & Avey, J. (2015). Going Against the Grain Works: An Attributional Perspective of Perceived Ethical Leadership. Journal of Business Ethics, 141(1), 87–102. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-015-2698-x
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