The Impact of Ethical Leadership on Dark Side Workplace Behaviors

Flora F T Chiang; Longzeng Wu; Thomas A. Birtch

doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2012.15081abstract

The Impact of Ethical Leadership on Dark Side Workplace Behaviors

Flora F T Chiang, Longzeng Wu, Thomas A. Birtch

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Abstract

Drawing on self-regulatory theory, the present study examined the impact of ethical leadership on three types of deviant behaviors, as well as the mediating role of moral disengagement and the moderating role of moral identity in the above relationships. Using a three-wave field survey of 231 employees and their supervisors, we found that ethical leadership negatively influenced workplace deviance via moral disengagement. Moreover, moderated path analysis indicated that moral identity strengthened ethical leadership’s direct effect on moral disengagement and indirect effect on workplace deviance. The theoretical and managerial implications of these results are discussed.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Academy of Management Proceedings 2012
Editors	Sonia Taneja
Publisher	Academy of Management
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2012.15081abstract
Publication status	Published - 1 Jul 2012
Event	72nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2012: The Informal Economy - Boston, United States Duration: 3 Aug 2012 → 7 Aug 2012 http://pd.aom.org/2012/subMenu.asp?mode=setmenu&menuid=14 (Conference program) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2012/1 (Conference proceedings)

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Name	Academy of Management Proceedings
Publisher	Academy of Management
Number	1
Volume	2012
ISSN (Print)	0065-0668
ISSN (Electronic)	2151-6561

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Conference	72nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2012
Country/Territory	United States
City	Boston
Period	3/08/12 → 7/08/12
Internet address	http://pd.aom.org/2012/subMenu.asp?mode=setmenu&menuid=14 (Conference program) https://journals.aom.org/toc/amproc/2012/1 (Conference proceedings)

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Chiang, FFT, Wu, L & Birtch, TA 2012, The Impact of Ethical Leadership on Dark Side Workplace Behaviors. in S Taneja (ed.), Academy of Management Proceedings 2012. Academy of Management Proceedings, no. 1, vol. 2012, Academy of Management, 72nd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2012, Boston, United States, 3/08/12. https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2012.15081abstract

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