Title

The Effect Of Leader Moral Development On Ethical Climate And Employee Attitudes

Keywords

Attitudes; Ethical climate; Ethics; Leaders; Moral development

Abstract

This study examines the effect of leader moral development on the organization's ethical climate and employee attitudes. Results indicate that the relationship between leader moral development and ethical climate is moderated by two factors: the extent to which the leader utilizes his or her cognitive moral development (i.e., capacity for ethical reasoning), and the age of the organization. Specifically, the influence of the leader's moral development was stronger for high utilizing leaders, those whose moral actions were consistent with their moral reasoning. Additionally, the influence of the leader's moral development was stronger in younger organizations. Finally, as predicted, congruence between the leader's moral development and the employee's moral development was positively associated with job satisfaction and organizational commitment and negatively associated with turnover intentions. © 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

1-1-2005

Publication Title

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes

Volume

97

Issue

2

Number of Pages

135-151

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2005.03.006

Socpus ID

19944406184 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/19944406184

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