The effects of leaders’ economic and stakeholder values on subordinates’ discretionary behaviors as antecedents of perceived ethical leadership: a multilevel investigation

Drawing on social information processing theory, the present study tested the multilevel indirect effect of leaders’ economic and stakeholder values on subordinate organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and workplace deviant behavior (WDB) through perceived ethical leadership. A dyadic sample of...

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Published in:Current psychology (New Brunswick, N.J.) N.J.), 2024-04, Vol.43 (14), p.12882-12896
Main Authors: Yu, Mingchuan, Dai, Yi, Xu, Miaoxin, Wang, Greg G., Wang, Lihong
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Behavioral Science and Psychology
Decision making
Employees
Leadership
Psychology
Social Sciences
Work environment
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Summary:Drawing on social information processing theory, the present study tested the multilevel indirect effect of leaders’ economic and stakeholder values on subordinate organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and workplace deviant behavior (WDB) through perceived ethical leadership. A dyadic sample of 105 team leaders and 356 corresponding subordinates was used to test our hypotheses. The results of the multi-level analysis showed that leaders’ economic values were negatively related to perceived ethical leadership, and stakeholder values were positively related to perceived leadership. We also found that economic values were negatively related to OCB and positively related to WDB through perceived ethical leadership, and stakeholder values were positively related to OCB and negatively related to WDB through perceived ethical leadership. We discuss theoretical and practical implications, as well as limitations and future research directions associated with the results.
ISSN:1046-1310
1936-4733
DOI:10.1007/s12144-023-05293-7