The Impact of Ethical Leadership on Employees' In‐Role Performance: The Mediating Effect of Employees' Psychological Ownership. (25th August 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Park, Cho Hyun; Kim, Woocheol; Song, Ji Hoon
• Is Part Of: Human resource development quarterly. Volume 26:Number 4(2015:Winter)
• Page Start: 385
• Page End: 408
• Publication Date: 2015-08-25
• Subjects: ethical leadership -- in‐role performance -- psychological ownership; Personnel management -- Research -- Methodology -- Periodicals; Personnel management -- Periodicals; Personnel management -- United States -- Periodicals; 658.3005
• DOI: 10.1002/hrdq.21217
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1044-8004

Abstract

Abstract : The aim of the current research was to identify the influences of ethical leadership on employees' in‐role performance in the Korean public nonprofit agency setting. The mediating effect of employees' psychological ownership was also examined. A total of 202 responses were analyzed using the structural equation modeling (SEM) approach to test study hypotheses. Results showed that while the level of ethical leadership significantly impacts employees' psychological ownership, ethical leadership has a significant indirect impact on in‐role performance only through employees' psychological ownership. These results support the mediating role of the level of employees' psychological ownership in explaining the relationship between ethical leadership and in‐role performance levels of employees. Research limitations and implications are discussed and future research directions are suggested.