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Ethical Leadership and Internal Whistleblowing: A Mediated Moderation Model

verfasst von: Jin Cheng, Haiqing Bai, Xijuan Yang

Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics | Ausgabe 1/2019

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Studies have shown that internal whistleblowing could be utilized as an effective way to stop an organization’s unethical behaviors. This study investigates the relationship between ethical leadership and internal whistleblowing by focusing on the mediating role of employee-perceived organizational politics and the moderating role of moral courage. An analysis of data collected at three phases indicates that employee-perceived organizational politics partly mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and internal whistleblowing. Also, moral courage is found to moderate the effect of employee-perceived organizational politics on internal whistleblowing and the indirect effect of ethical leadership on internal whistleblowing via employee-perceived organizational politics. Theoretical and practical implications of these results are discussed.

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Titel: Ethical Leadership and Internal Whistleblowing: A Mediated Moderation Model
verfasst von: Jin Cheng
Haiqing Bai
Xijuan Yang
Publikationsdatum: 28.03.2017
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics / Ausgabe 1/2019
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3517-3

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