Going Against the Grain Works: An Attributional Perspective of Perceived Ethical Leadership.
- Resource Type
- Article
- Authors
- Li, Chenwei, ; Wu, Keke, ; Johnson, Diane, ; Avey, James,
- Source
- Journal of Business Ethics; Mar2017, Vol. 141 Issue 1, p87-102, 16p, 1 Diagram, 6 Charts, 2 Graphs
- Subject
- Sensory perception
Altruism
Attribution (Social psychology)
Leadership ethics
Office politics
Organizational power
Organizational commitment
- Language
- ISSN
- 01674544
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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]