Examining the Relationship Among Ethical Leadership, Psychological Capital, and Work Outcomes Through the Lens of Social Identity Theory and Socialization Resources Theory

Khanh- Van Ho Nguyen, Wan-Yihh Wu, Hsin-Kwang Chi and Thu-Hien Thi Truong

SAGE Open, 2024, vol. 14, issue 2, 21582440241255759

Abstract: This paper aims to explore the effect of ethical leadership on employee job satisfaction and organizational commitment through the potential mediator of psychological capital (PsyCap). In total, 418 employees in Ho Chi Minh City—Vietnam completed the survey. Partial least square–structural equation modeling was used to test hypotheses. The results of the study indicated a positive relationship between ethical leadership and employees’ PsyCap, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. Furthermore, the results revealed the partial mediating effect of PsyCap on the relationship between ethical leadership and job satisfaction and between ethical leadership and organizational commitment. Since the mechanism of ethical leadership has rarely been explored, the results of this study could provide important references for further research. These results could also be greatly beneficial to organizational leaders in evaluating ethical leadership.

Keywords: psychological capital; PsyCap; ethical leadership; job satisfaction; organizational commitment; social identity theory; socialization resources theory (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/21582440241255759 (text/html)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:sagope:v:14:y:2024:i:2:p:21582440241255759

DOI: 10.1177/21582440241255759

Access Statistics for this article

More articles in SAGE Open
Bibliographic data for series maintained by SAGE Publications ().