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The Influence of Ethical Leadership and Regulatory Focus on Employee Outcomes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

Mitchell J. Neubert ,
Cindy Wu  and
James A. Roberts
Mitchell J. Neubert
Affiliation:
Baylor University
Cindy Wu
Affiliation:
Baylor University
James A. Roberts
Affiliation:
Baylor University
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Regulatory focus theory is proposed as offering an explanation for the influence of ethical leadership on organizational citizenship behaviors and employee commitments. The prevention focus mindset of an employee is argued to be the mechanism by which an ethical leader influences extra-role compliance behavior as well as normative commitment, whereas the promotion focus mindset of an employee is argued to be the mechanism by which an ethical leader influences extra-role voice behavior as well as affective commitment. Moreover, leader-member exchange is proposed as a moderator of the relationship of ethical leadership to regulatory focus mindsets and employee behavior and commitments. Using the data collected in two waves from 250 working adults, we tested the proposed relationships with moderated mediation bootstrap procedures. The findings generally support the hypothesized relationships and point toward important implications for ethical leadership in work settings.

Keywords

ethical leadershipregulatory focusLMXorganizational commitmentorganizational citizenship behavior
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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , April 2013 , pp. 269 - 296
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 2013

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