Creating an ethical organizational environment: The relationship between ethical leadership, ethical organizational climate, and unethical behavior | Zendy

Kuenzi Maribeth | Zendy; Mayer David M. | Zendy; Greenbaum Rebecca L. | Zendy

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Creating an ethical organizational environment: The relationship between ethical leadership, ethical organizational climate, and unethical behavior

Author(s) -

Kuenzi Maribeth,

Mayer David M.,

Greenbaum Rebecca L.

Publication year - 2019

Publication title -

personnel psychology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076

H-Index - 142

eISSN - 1744-6570

pISSN - 0031-5826

DOI - 10.1111/peps.12356

Subject(s) - ethical leadership , conceptualization , psychology , moderation , social psychology , business ethics , organizational citizenship behavior , unit (ring theory) , organizational ethics , organisation climate , organizational commitment , public relations , political science , mathematics education , artificial intelligence , computer science

The purpose of this research is to provide a richer lens on the ethical organizational environment by examining the relationship between ethical leadership and unit‐level unethical behavior through ethical organizational climate (EOC), with collective moral identity as a boundary condition. In testing our theoretical model, we first develop and validate a measure of EOC to address concerns with existing measures of ethical climate. Second, we examine the role of collective moral identity as a moderator of the relationship between EOC and unit unethical behavior. We discuss implications regarding the importance of developing a more comprehensive conceptualization of EOC.

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