The Moderated Influence of Ethical Leadership, Via Meaningful Work, on Followers' Engagement, Organizational Identification, and Envy

Demirtaş Ö., Hannah S. T., Gok K., Arslan A., Capar N.

JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS, cilt.145, ss.183-199, 2017 (SSCI) identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 145
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10551-015-2907-7
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF BUSINESS ETHICS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Social Sciences Citation Index (SSCI), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.183-199
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Ethical leadership, Meaningful work, Meaningfulness, Work engagement, Workplace envy, Organizational identification, Cognitive reappraisal, Emotion regulation, TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP, EMOTION REGULATION, SOCIAL IDENTITY, JOB-PERFORMANCE, FUTURE-RESEARCH, MEDIATING ROLE, EPISODIC ENVY, MODEL, JUSTICE, BEHAVIOR
  • Kayseri Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

This study examines a proposed model whereby ethical leadership positively influences the level of meaning followers experience in their work, which in turn positively impacts followers' levels of work engagement and organizational identification, as well as reduces their levels of workplace envy. We further hypothesized that cognitive reappraisal strategies for emotional regulation would moderate the ethical leadership-meaningful work relationship. The model was tested in a stratified random field sample of 440 employees and their direct supervisors in the aviation industry in Turkey. Results based on data collected at two points in time showed that ethical leadership has a significant and positive direct effect on engagement and organizational identification, as well as indirect effects on those two outcomes through meaningfulness. Finally, results show that ethical leadership has a significant negative direct effect on workplace envy. Further, results showed that cognitive reappraisal emotion regulation strategy positively moderates, i.e., strengthens, the relationship between ethical leadership and meaningful work.