The affective processes of ethical leadership: the role of moral emotions
Building on appraisal theory of emotions and theories on moral emotions, we contend that ethical leadership triggers other-praising moral emotions directed at the supervisor and leads to feedback-seeking behavior. We further predict that the affective processes of ethical leadership have implication...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2025
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Journal of business ethics
Year: 2025, Volume: 196, Issue: 1, Pages: 149-167 |
| Further subjects: | B
Appraisal theory of emotions
B Moral emotions B Ethical Leadership B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift B Other-praising emotions |
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| Summary: | Building on appraisal theory of emotions and theories on moral emotions, we contend that ethical leadership triggers other-praising moral emotions directed at the supervisor and leads to feedback-seeking behavior. We further predict that the affective processes of ethical leadership have implications for workplace behaviors, namely organizational citizenship behavior directed at the supervisor and employee voice. We develop a new measure of supervisor-directed, other-praising moral emotions and test the validity of the measure. Then, we test and find support for the proposed hypotheses using a sample of 231 full-time employees in China with a time-lagged survey design and structural equation modeling. Theoretical and practical implications for ethical leadership and moral emotions are discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10551-024-05718-8 |
