The Mediating Role of Attitudes towards Performing Well between Ethical Leadership, Technological Innovation, and Innovative Performance

Hassan Danial Aslam, Sorinel Căpușneanu (), Tasawar Javed, Ileana-Sorina Rakos and Cristian-Marian Barbu
Additional contact information
Hassan Danial Aslam: Institute of Business, Management and Administrative Sciences, Department of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
Sorinel Căpușneanu: Faculty of Economic Sciences, Titu Maiorescu University, 040441 Bucharest, Romania
Tasawar Javed: Institute of Business, Management and Administrative Sciences, Department of Management and Science, The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Bahawalpur 63100, Pakistan
Ileana-Sorina Rakos: Faculty of Sciences, University of Petrosani, 332006 Petrosani, Romania
Cristian-Marian Barbu: Department of Management-Marketing, Artifex University, 060754 Bucharest, Romania
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Sorinel Capusneanu

Administrative Sciences, 2024, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-14

Abstract: The business sector is rife with unethical managerial practices, such as blaming subordinates for organizational failings, along with the exploitation of colleagues, favoritism, and conflicts of leadership. In light of this, numerous researchers have endeavored to explain the phenomenon of ethical perspectives and concerns. It is recommended that organizations in the SME sector adopt ethical practices in order to achieve their long-term objectives. This study stresses the influence of ethical leadership and technological innovation, particularly the mediating role of a positive attitude in encouraging good performance. This study, which was conducted in the SME sector of Malaysia in the state of Selangor, employed a convenience sampling technique for data collection and reports that ethical leadership, technological innovation, and attitude significantly influence performance. A mediating role of attitude in relation to technological innovation and innovative performance is hereby reported, and attitude towards performance was found to have an insignificant effect on ethical leadership and innovative performance. This study contributes to the existing body of knowledge by explaining the role of ethical leadership and technological innovation in expressing and assessing the revolutionary business practices required to ensure organizational success.

Keywords: innovative performance; ethical leadership; technological innovation; attitudes towards performing well; SME (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
References: View references in EconPapers View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/14/4/62/pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3387/14/4/62/ (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:gam:jadmsc:v:14:y:2024:i:4:p:62-:d:1362784

Access Statistics for this article

Administrative Sciences is currently edited by Ms. Nancy Ma

More articles in Administrative Sciences from MDPI
Bibliographic data for series maintained by MDPI Indexing Manager ().