Ethical Leadership and Internal Whistleblowing: A Mediated Moderation Model

Jin Cheng (), Haiqing Bai () and Xijuan Yang ()
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Jin Cheng: Xiamen University
Haiqing Bai: Xiamen University
Xijuan Yang: Xiamen University

Journal of Business Ethics, 2019, vol. 155, issue 1, No 9, 115-130

Abstract: Abstract Studies have shown that internal whistleblowing could be utilized as an effective way to stop an organization’s unethical behaviors. This study investigates the relationship between ethical leadership and internal whistleblowing by focusing on the mediating role of employee-perceived organizational politics and the moderating role of moral courage. An analysis of data collected at three phases indicates that employee-perceived organizational politics partly mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and internal whistleblowing. Also, moral courage is found to moderate the effect of employee-perceived organizational politics on internal whistleblowing and the indirect effect of ethical leadership on internal whistleblowing via employee-perceived organizational politics. Theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.

Keywords: Internal whistleblowing; Ethical leadership; Perception of organizational politics; Moral courage (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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