Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption

Abstract

Ethical leadership has been suggested as an organizational factor that could reduce unethical behaviors in an organization. We extend this research by examining how and when ethical leadership could reduce followers’ corruption. We examined the moderating role of followers’ Machiavellianism and the mediating role of intuitive thinking style in the negative effect of ethical leadership on corruption. Across two different studies (field study and experiment), we found that ethical leadership decreases followers’ corruption (Studies 1 and 2) and that this negative effect is mediated by followers’ intuitive thinking style (Study 2). Furthermore, followers’ Machiavellianism moderated the direct negative effect of ethical leadership on corruption. However, the pattern of this moderation was not consistent. In Study 1, we found that ethical leadership has the strongest direct negative impact on corruption when followers’ Machiavellianism is high, whereas in Study 2, we found that ethical leadership has the strongest direct negative effect on corruption when followers’ Machiavellianism is low. The theoretical implications for corruption, ethical leadership, and information processing research, as well as practical implications for corruption prevention, will be discussed.

Transformational Leadership, Ethical Leadership, and Participative Leadership in Predicting Counterproductive Work Behaviors: Evidence From Financial Technology Firms

“…Previous researchers have proposed different definitions of EL ( Resick et al, 2006 ; Kalshoven et al, 2011 ; Eisenbeiss and Giessber, 2012 ), and the present research employs Brown et al‘ (2005) definition that described EL as a “demonstration of normatively appropriate conduct through personal actions and interpersonal relationships, and the promotion of such conduct to followers through two-way communication, reinforcement, and decision-making” ( Brown et al, 2005 , p. 120) because of its universality. EL denotes the leaders’ capability in attracting their followers to meet ethical standards ( Ruiz et al, 2011 ; Steinmann et al, 2016 ; Metwally et al, 2019 ; Fu et al, 2020 ; Manara et al, 2020 ) through social learning theory ( Bandura, 1986 ). That is to say, these behaviors of followers can meet ethical standards because EL of supervisors attracts these followers to learn and imitate ethical leaders’ favorable behaviors, such as integrity and morality, to form the ethical identity.…”

Sezgi̇sel Düşünme Ölçeği̇ni̇n Geli̇şti̇ri̇lmesi̇: Geçerli̇k Ve Güveni̇rli̇k Çalişmasi

“…Ölçüm Ģekline karar verildikten sonra sezgisel düĢünme becerilerine iliĢkin alanyazın taraması yapılmıĢtır. Alanyazın taraması sonucunda sezgisel düĢünmenin göstergeleri ve sezgisel biliĢ özellikleri tanımlanmıĢtır (Alipour, 2019;Ares, Mawad, Giménez ve Maiche, 2014;Avaroğlu, 2013;Bahadır ve Atılgan, 2018;Denovan, Dagnal, Drinkwater, Parker ve Neave, 2020;Epstein, Pacini, Denes-Raj ve Heier, 1996;Farias, van Mulukom, Kahane, Kreplin, Joyce, Soares, Oviedo, Rokita, Savulescu ve Möttönen, 2017;Güler, 2015;Göncü, 2020;Hoffman ve Novak, 2009;Karakoç ve Dönmez, 2014;Kaya, 2003;Manara, Van Gils, Nübold ve Zijlstra, 2020;Nabbout-Cheiban, 2017;Le Menn, Bossard, Travassos, Duarte ve Kermarrec, 2019;Park ve Song, 2020;Patterson, Quinn ve Baron, 2012;Pytlik, Soll ve Mehl, 2020;Steiner, 1995;Styhre, 2011;ġen, 2010;Tirosh ve Tsamir, 1996;Wescott ve Ranzoni, 1963;YeĢilyurt ve Çapraz, 2018). Fischbein'in (1987) sezgisel biliĢ özellikleri temel alınarak "içsel kesinlik, kavrayıĢın örtüklüğü, kararlılık, zorlayıcılık-baskıcılık, özkanıtlayıcılık" olmak üzere beĢ faktörlü ve 13'ü ters madde olmak üzere toplam 90 maddelik taslak ölçek oluĢturulmuĢtur.…”

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