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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VerfasserInnen: Jeong, Sophia Soyoung (VerfasserIn) ; Sun, Cong (VerfasserIn) ; Yam, Kai Chi (VerfasserIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: 2025
In: Journal of business ethics
Jahr: 2025, Band: 196, Heft: 1, Seiten: 149-167
weitere Schlagwörter:B Appraisal theory of emotions
B Moral emotions
B Ethical Leadership
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Other-praising emotions
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Zusammenfassung: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.
ISSN:1573-0697
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-024-05718-8