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Ethical Leadership and Ethical Voice: The Mediating Mechanisms of Value Internalization and Integrity Identity

Zheng, Y.; Epitropaki, O.; Graham, L.; Caveney, N.

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Y. Zheng

N. Caveney



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Abstract

Drawing upon self-concept and social-information processing perspectives, we theorize and test a model linking ethical leadership with ethical voice via ethical value internalization and integrity identity. In two field studies (N = 972 and N = 765, respectively) of police officers and staff in the United Kingdom and an online 3-wave study (N = 448), we investigate the mediating role of ethical value internalization and integrity identity in the relationship between ethical leadership and ethical voice. Study 1 uses time-lagged data and demonstrates ethical leadership to be positively related to followers’ ethical value internalization, which in turn enhances their integrity identity and ethical voice. The serial mediation effect of the relationship between ethical leadership and ethical voice via employees’ ethical value internalization and integrity identity is also significant. Further support for our hypotheses is provided using multi-source data (Study 2) and a 3-wave cross-lagged design (Study 3). Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Citation

Zheng, Y., Epitropaki, O., Graham, L., & Caveney, N. (2022). Ethical Leadership and Ethical Voice: The Mediating Mechanisms of Value Internalization and Integrity Identity. Journal of Management, 48(4), 973-1002. https://doi.org/10.1177/2f01492063211002611

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 23, 2021
Online Publication Date Mar 25, 2021
Publication Date Apr 1, 2022
Deposit Date Mar 3, 2021
Publicly Available Date Mar 28, 2024
Journal Journal of Management
Print ISSN 0149-2063
Electronic ISSN 1557-1211
Publisher SAGE Publications
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 48
Issue 4
Pages 973-1002
DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/2f01492063211002611
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1251838

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