The role of responsible leadership in relationship between Machiavellianism and Organizational broken windows

Abstract

Is it possible to see a livable world from a corporate social responsibility perspective? It canbe possible to find the answer for this question through responsible leadership since corporate social responsibility is managed by responsible leaders and the need for responsible leaders is increasing day by day in the 21st century. Purpose. This research aims to determine the effect of responsible leadership on Machiavellianism and organizational broken windows, and to examine the moderating role of responsible leadership in the relationship between Machiavellian behaviors of employees and organizational broken windows, based on theories of corporate social responsibility and self-regulation. Methodology. Therefore, a quantitative method was preferred in the research and a questionnaire form was used as a data collection tool. Participants are employees who are not in a managerial position at a manufacturing enterprise in Istanbul. Voluntarily, 218 participants gave support to the research with the simple random sampling method. Data were analyzed by using SPSS Statistics 25.0 and SmartPLS 3.3.7 software. The relationship between the variables in the research were measured by “Structural equation modeling based on the partial least squares method”. The scale used in the research were subjected to reliability and validity tests at the measurement model stage. In the structural model analysis, the research model and hypotheses were tested to reveal the direction of relations of the latent variables. Findings. In the consequence of the analysis, Machiavellianism has positive effect on organizational broken windows while responsible leadership has negative impact on Machiavellianism and organizational broken windows. Whereas, it was detected that responsible leadership has a regulatory role in the relation between Machiavellianism and organizational broken windows.