Ethical Leadership Behavior and Employee Justice Perceptions: The Mediating Role of Trust in Organization

Angela J. Xu (), Raymond Loi () and Hang-yue Ngo ()
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Angela J. Xu: University of Macau
Raymond Loi: University of Macau
Hang-yue Ngo: The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Journal of Business Ethics, 2016, vol. 134, issue 3, No 10, 493-504

Abstract: Abstract Using data collected at two phases, this study examines why and how ethical leadership behavior influences employees’ evaluations of organization-focused justice, i.e., procedural justice and distributive justice. By proposing ethical leaders as moral agents of the organization, we build up the linkage between ethical leadership behavior and the above two types of organization-focused justice. We further suggest trust in organization as a key mediating mechanism in the linkage. Our findings indicate that ethical leadership behavior engenders employees’ trust in their employing organization, which in turn promotes their justice perceptions toward the organization. The theoretical and practical implications of these findings are discussed, and some directions for future research are suggested.

Keywords: Distributive justice; Ethical leadership; Organization-focused justice; Procedural justice; Trust in organization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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