The Effects of the Relationship between Paternalistic Leadership and Climate Regarding Ethics on Organizational Commitment, Academic Article uri icon

Sustainable Development Goals

  • SDG 13: Climate Action 

Abstract

  • One of the important factors influencing
    perceptions of the existence of an ethical climate is leader
    behaviors. It is argued that paternalistic leadership
    behaviors are developed to humanize and remoralize the
    workplace. In various studies, leadership behaviors and
    climate regarding ethics were evaluated as antecedents of
    organizational commitment. In this sense, the purpose of
    this study is to investigate the relationship between
    paternalistic leadership behaviors, climate regarding ethics
    and organizational commitment. Data were obtained
    from 142 individuals. Results indicated that benevolent
    paternalistic leadership had a moderate effect on affective
    commitment and strong effect on continuance commitment.
    Moreover, it was found that paternalistic leadership
    had an effect on the perception of an ethical climate.
    Strong relationship was found between climate regarding
    ethics and affective commitment; moderate relationship
    was found between climate regarding ethics and continuance
    commitment. Finally, results indicated that climate
    regarding ethics had a mediating effect between benevolent
    paternalistic leadership and affective commitment.

Publication Date

  • 2007-01-01