Ethical and empowering leadership and leader effectiveness
Abstract
Purpose
The purpose of this paper is to examine how ethical leadership and empowering leadership are related to leader‐member exchange relations (LMX), affective commitment, and leader effectiveness.
Design/methodology/approach
Data were collected using questionnaires filled out by 259 subordinates of public and private sector managers. Relationships among variables were analyzed using structural equation modeling.
Findings
The results indicated that ethical leadership and empowering leadership have positive associations with LMX, subordinate affective commitment, and perception of leader effectiveness.
Originality/value
This study is the first to examine the independent and joint relationships of empowering leadership and ethical leadership with leadership effectiveness and the mediating role of LMX.
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Citation
Hassan, S., Mahsud, R., Yukl, G. and Prussia, G.E. (2013), "Ethical and empowering leadership and leader effectiveness", Journal of Managerial Psychology, Vol. 28 No. 2, pp. 133-146. https://doi.org/10.1108/02683941311300252
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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