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A study on the effect of ethical leadership on teachers’ moral motivation at schools in Pakistan

Shazia Rehman Khan (Department of Management Sciences, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan) (Department of Business Studies, Bahria University, Islamabad, Pakistan)
David C. Bauman (Regis University, Denver, Colorado, USA)
Uzma Javed (COMSATS University, Islamabad, Pakistan)

International Journal of Educational Management

ISSN: 0951-354X

Article publication date: 20 February 2020

Issue publication date: 8 June 2020

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of ethical leadership on moral motivation of teachers in the schools of Pakistan.

Design/methodology/approach

Scenario-based experimental design was used to collect data (N = 174 teachers) from 25 schools in the city of Islamabad. Participants included 156 females and 18 males aged 23–37 years. Ethical leadership was measured at both construct and component levels (moral person and moral manager).

Findings

The results found that the moral person component of ethical leadership style heightens the moral identity (internalization)-based moral motivation, while the moral manager component and ethical leadership at construct level style increases moral identity (symbolization)-based moral motivation. Interestingly, in the absence of reward, only the moral person component of ethical leadership style maintained participants’ moral motivation.

Originality/value

The originality of this study lies in highlighting the divergence in ethical leadership style at component level that explains the differences in moral motivation of the teachers.

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Acknowledgements

Funding information: This project was funded by COMSATS Research Grant Program Ref No. 16-55/CRGP/CIIT/IBD/14/592.

Citation

Khan, S.R., Bauman, D.C. and Javed, U. (2020), "A study on the effect of ethical leadership on teachers’ moral motivation at schools in Pakistan", International Journal of Educational Management, Vol. 34 No. 6, pp. 965-985. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJEM-06-2019-0198

Publisher

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Emerald Publishing Limited

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