The Influence of Confucian Ethical Leadership on Employees’ Unethical ProOrganizational Behavior

Abstract

Based on the social identity theory, this paper analyzes the questionnaires collected from 405 employees in two stages to explore the mechanism of influence of Confucian ethical leadership on employees’ unethical pro-organizational behavior. The results show that Confucian ethical leadership negatively affects employees’ unethical pro-organizational behavior; ethical identity serves an intermediary role between Confucian moral leadership and employees’ unethical pro-organizational behavior; the superior-subordinate relationship not only positively regulates the relationship between Confucian ethical leadership and moral identity, but also further regulates the intermediary effect of moral identity.

Keywords

Confucian ethical leadership / moral identity / superior-subordinate relationship / unethical pro-organizational behavior

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