| Ethical Leadership and Followership Behavior: a Moderated Mediation Model |
Received:October 15, 2017 Revised:October 15, 2017 |
Key Words: Ethical Leadership; Followership Behavior; Identification with Leader; Moral Identity |
| Author Name | Affiliation | | wei fan* | East China Normal University |
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Abstract: |
| Despite the essential that followership would facilitate the success of both leadership and organizations, unexpectedly limited empirical effort has been made to explore its antecedents, especially how leadership could function. To address this research gap, the present study investigated the relationship between ethical leadership as perceived by employees and their followership behavior. It also focused on the mediating role of employee identification with leader and the moderating role of employee moral identity. Data from 215 employees collected in three waves in China indicated that identification with leader mediated the relationship between ethical leadership and followership behavior (i.e. proactive and obedience behavior). In addition, moral identity intensified the relationships between ethical leadership, and identification with leader, as well as the indirect effect of identification with leader on the relationship between ethical leadership and followership behavior (i.e. proactive and obedience behavior). Our findings make important theoretical contributions and contribute practical insights to the leadership and followership literatures. |
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