Ethical Leadership and Counterproductive Work Behavior: Mechanism of Trust in Leadership, Leadership Identification and Traditionality

Abstract

Abstract:

This paper discusses the impact of ethical leadership on employees' counterproductive work behavior in the Chinese context from social exchange and other theoretical perspectives. An empirical research based on 324 samples shows that ethical leadership is negatively related to counterproductive work behavior and the relationship is fully mediated by trust in leadership and leadership identification respectively. Traditionality has different moderating effect between ethical leadership and trust in leadership and leadership identification. Low traditional individuals have more trust in ethical leadership than high traditional individuals and high traditional individuals are more likely to identify with ethical leadership than low traditional individuals.

Key words: ethical leadership, trust in leadership, leadership identification, traditionality, counterproductive work behavior

Zhang Yongjun. Ethical Leadership and Counterproductive Work Behavior: Mechanism of Trust in Leadership, Leadership Identification and Traditionality[J]. , 2017, 29(12): 106-115.

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