The “Trickle-down” Model of Ethical Leadership on Employees' CWB in China:Power Distance Orientation as a Moderator

Abstract

Abstract:

The "trickle-down" model is a new avenue of leadership research. This paper tests the "trickle-down" model of ethical leadership on employees' CWB in Chinese context. The empirical research results show that executive ethical leadership has a positive influence on employees' CWB, and supervisory ethical leadership has a full mediating effect between executive ethical leadership and CWB. Power distance orientation has different moderating effect in this "trickle-down" model, and executive ethical leadership has stronger influence on high power distance orientation employees' CWB, but supervisory ethical leadership has more obvious influence on low power distance orientation employees' CWB.

Key words: ethical leadership, CWB, trickle-down, power distance orientation

He Jing, Zhang Yongjun. The “Trickle-down” Model of Ethical Leadership on Employees' CWB in China:Power Distance Orientation as a Moderator[J]. , 2017, 29(8): 179-186.

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