The Effect of Ethical Leadership on Bribing and Favoritism: A Field Research Study

Asencio, Hugo D.

doi:10.1080/10999922.2018.1468204

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“…Corruption in the public sector is seen as a serious problem in nations as its impact can affect moral values and principles, can change the positive values from just and wise people and promote unethical behaviours (Asencio, 2019). These ladder effect or cascading effect from an individual's perspective would view the government as corrupt, public officials as corrupt employees, and they would not be able to break any inequality unless they perform corrupt acts themselves.…”

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Public sector fraud: the Malaysian perspective

Zahari

Said

Muhamad

2021

JFC

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Purpose This paper aims to explore and compare the perception of public sector employees on fraud and associated fraud behaviours. Design/methodology/approach The population of this study comprised 44 managers from the Malaysian Federal government departments. The analysis was based on an open-response questionnaire using data-driven thematic analysis. This was based on the context and latent content of the respondents. The items in the questionnaire examined the perceived definition, actions and experience of corruption in their departments. Findings The findings revealed that respondents acknowledged that bribery as one of the central element of fraud. They recognise fraudulent behaviour and practice in their organisation together with sharing these experiences in the study. Common results indicate that leaders play a major role in shaping the organisation as they present themselves as a model to the mployees. From the human resource perspective, having multiple side businesses while being in employed in the government sector would heavily impact performance and accountability. Research limitations/implications Fraud is observed as a practice that needs to be addressed to improve government efficiency. The uniqueness was that the respondents acknowledged the existence of fraud and its implications through the activities of bribery, abuse of power and giving out favours. There is a need for organisations to focus on transparency and value to mitigate fraud. Practical implications This paper contributes towards the continuous effort in expanding fraud literature and human behaviour. The data obtained was distinctive in terms of the perspective of a developing economy and such fraud information and responses are different as compared to developed economies. Originality/value The empirical study of the public sector organisations enables important contribution towards effective public governance and administration. The results have important implications for preparing functional strategic management and controls for the public sector.

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Public sector fraud: the Malaysian perspective

Zahari

Said

Muhamad

2021

JFC

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“…As a recent concept, ethical leadership (compared with other leadership styles) has now been considered an important topic by many researchers (Kang, 2019; Newman et al ., 2014). Nevertheless, studies on ethical leadership are mostly conducted in the USA (Asencio, 2019; Hassan et al. , 2014), Iraqi (Al-Halbusi et al.…”

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“…As a recent concept, ethical leadership (compared with other leadership styles) has now been considered an important topic by many researchers (Kang, 2019;Newman et al, 2014). Nevertheless, studies on ethical leadership are mostly conducted in the USA (Asencio, 2019;Hassan et al, 2014), Iraqi (Al-Halbusi et al, 2021b, Pakistan (Khan et al, 2017), Turkey (Yes ¸iltas ¸and Tuna, 2018), Malaysia (Al-Halbusi et al, 2021a), Iran (Aloustani et al, 2020) and China (Walumbwa et al, 2011). But, there was few studies from Africa.…”

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Impact of ethical leadership, HRM practices and ethical climate on organizational citizenship behaviors in Nigerian local governments

Tabiu

2023

IJPL

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PurposeThe increasing number of ethical scandals reported in many public organizations all over the world, highlighted the need for more in-depth studies on the influence of ethical leadership and management practices in the public sector organizations. This study examines the link (direct and indirect) between ethical leadership, HRM practices, ethical climate and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) within the context of Nigerian local governments.Design/methodology/approachA cross-sectional design was adopted and data for the study was collected quantitatively by administering questionnaires to supervisors/leaders and their respective employees/subordinates. A total of 270 participants comprising 135 leaders/supervisors who are head of departments and another 135 employee/subordinates participated in the study. Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) was used in testing the hypotheses.FindingsThe findings show that ethical leadership, HRM practices and ethical climate significantly affect OCBs. Also, the study shows that ethical climate mediated both the relationships between ethical leadership and OCBs, and HRM practices and OCBs respectively. Thus, the study concluded that both ethical leadership and HRM practices can influence OCBs directly and also indirectly through ethical climate.Practical implicationsThe study empirically delineates the importance of ethical leadership, HRM practices and ethical climate in promoting more OCBs within the context of Nigerian local governments. Therefore, managers/administrators should encourage ethical leadership style, and implement good HRM practices and promote ethical climate within their organization so as to boost their employees' OCBs.Originality/valueThe findings of this study will contribute to the understanding of the relationships between ethical leadership, HRM practices, ethical climate and OCBs in the public sector organizations within Nigeria. The findings will also provide additional support that ethical climate is an important mechanism on the relationship between ethical leadership and HRM practices on OCBs.

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“…Several research studies on ethical leadership have been conducted in the realm of both public sector (Asencio, 2019; Lu & Guy, 2014; Young et al, 2019) and private sector (Agha et al, 2017; Celik et al, 2015; Rizwan et al, 2017; Schwepker Jr., 2019). But in the context of educational organizations, ethical leadership studies have its own relevance due to the fact that educational institutions play a vital role for the development of ethical behaviors.…”

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Ethical leadership, good governance and employee commitment: Testing a moderated mediation model in public universities of Ethiopia

Ramakrishna

Beyene

Mishra³

2021

Journal of Public Affairs

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This paper uses a survey design based on cross‐sectional data from 186 academic staff of four public universities representing four generations of universities in Ethiopia. The study finds that ethical leadership has a positive and significant effect on employee commitment and such relationship is mediated by perceived good governance practices in the public universities. However, there is no moderated mediation effect of university type (generation) affecting the relationship of good governance and employee commitment. The study is quite novel in bringing good governance as a mediator into the relationship between ethical leadership and employee commitment in higher education institutions particularly in the public university context.

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The Effect of Ethical Leadership on Bribing and Favoritism: A Field Research Study

Cited by 16 publications

References 48 publications

Public sector fraud: the Malaysian perspective

Public sector fraud: the Malaysian perspective

Impact of ethical leadership, HRM practices and ethical climate on organizational citizenship behaviors in Nigerian local governments

Ethical leadership, good governance and employee commitment: Testing a moderated mediation model in public universities of Ethiopia

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