2019/08/29 by Maribeth Kuenzi, David M. Mayer, Rebecca L. Greenbaum · 282 citations
Business, Management and Accounting · Decision Sciences · Psychology · Social Sciences · #Business ethics #Conceptualization #Ethical leadership #Ethics in Business and Education #Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior #Moderation #Organisation climate #Organizational citizenship behavior #Organizational commitment #Organizational ethics #Political science #Psychology #Public relations #Social psychology #Unit (ring theory) #Workplace Violence and Bullying
paper · pdf · doi:10.1111/peps.12356
published in Personnel Psychology 73(1), 43-71 (Wiley)
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Abstract The purpose of this research is to provide a richer lens on the ethical organizational environment by examining the relationship between ethical leadership and unit‐level unethical behavior through ethical organizational climate (EOC), with collective moral identity as a boundary condition. In testing our theoretical model, we first develop and validate a measure of EOC to address concerns with existing measures of ethical climate. Second, we examine the role of collective moral identity as a moderator of the relationship between EOC and unit unethical behavior. We discuss implications regarding the importance of developing a more comprehensive conceptualization of EOC.