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The Effects of Ethical Leadership on Followers' Unethical Pro-Organizational Behavior: The Mediating Effect of Affective Commitment

  • Park, Jonghyuk (Dept. of Global Business Administration, Kangnam University)
  • Received : 2020.10.19
  • Accepted : 2020.11.08
  • Published : 2020.11.30
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Abstract

Recently some researchers have challenged the truism by arguing that ethical leadership evokes followers' engagement in unethical behavior when that is benefit for organization(unethical pro-organizational behavior, called UPB). In this paper, I propose the relationships among the ethical leadership, affective commitment, and UPB based on social exchange theory and social identity theory. Using survey data from 10 companies 90 employees, the regressing analysis results indicate that there is positive and significant direct relationship between ethical leadership and UPB, and affective commitment paly as a partial mediator role among ethical leadership and UPB. Some implications, future research directions, and study limitations were discussed.

최근 조직에 이익이 되는 비윤리적 행동을 비윤리적 친조직 행동이라 정의하고 이를 야기하는 원인으로 리더십이 주목을 받고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 사회적 교환이론 및 사회 정체성 이론을 바탕으로 리더의 윤리적 리더십이 구성원의 비윤리적 친조직 행동에 미치는 영향과 이 영향관계에서 정서적 몰입이 매개효과를 갖는지 파악하였다. 10개 서울 및 수도권 기업 90명의 근로자를 대상으로 데이터를 수집하여 분석한 결과, 윤리적 리더십의 발휘가 구성원의 비윤리적 친조직 행동에 직접적으로 영향을 미치며, 이러한 영향관계에서 정서적 몰입이 부분매개 효과를 갖는다는 결과를 도출하였다. 이러한 영향관계의 검증을 통해 윤리적 리더십 발휘의 의도치 않은 부정적 효과에 대한 인식의 제고 및 효과적인 윤리적 리더십 발휘를 위한 방안, 향후 연구를 위한 제언 등을 논의하였다.

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