The Mediating Effect of Organizational Justice Perception on the Relationship between Ethical Leadership and Workplace Deviant Behaviors

Cenk Tufan, Mete Kaan Namal (), Bulent Arpat, Yeliz Yesil and Ibrahim Sani Mert
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Cenk Tufan: Faculty of Applied Sciences, Akdeniz University, Antalya 07058, Turkey
Mete Kaan Namal: Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Akdeniz University, Antalya 07058, Turkey
Bulent Arpat: Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Bandirma 17 Eylül University, Bandirma 10200, Turkey
Yeliz Yesil: Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Trakya University, Edirne 22030, Turkey
Ibrahim Sani Mert: Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Antalya Bilim University, Antalya 07500, Turkey

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 2, 1-15

Abstract: The present study examines whether there is a relationship between the ethical leadership (EL), organizational justice perception (OJP), and deviant behaviors (WDB) of customs officers working at international airports in Turkey, and aims to determine whether OJP has a mediating effect on the relationship between EL and WDB. For this purpose, the study was conducted on the 487 customs officers working at 28 airports open to international flights in Turkey. In this study, which was carried out with the quantitative method, the obtained data were analyzed with structural equation modeling (SEM). The results showed that EL had a direct and significant effect on OJP. On the other hand, OJP had a negative direct, and significant effect on deviant workplace behaviors. Moreover, there was no direct and consequential effect of EL on WDB. In addition, EL indirectly affected WDB through OJP, and the OJP had a full mediation effect between these two variables. The findings were interpreted by using social exchange theory. This study develops our understanding of the organization-level antecedents of WDB and mediating role of OJP as the social mechanism of EL. In the Conclusion section of the study, some theoretical conclusions are discussed, and recommendations are offered for customs managers.

Keywords: ethical leadership; organizational justice perception; workplace deviant behaviors; customs officers; mediating effect (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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