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dc.contributor.authorWang, Z.
dc.contributor.authorXu, H.
dc.contributor.authorLiu, Yukun
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-08T04:42:24Z
dc.date.available2018-08-08T04:42:24Z
dc.date.created2018-08-08T03:50:56Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.identifier.citationWang, Z. and Xu, H. and Liu, Y. 2016. How does ethical leadership trickle down? Test of an integrative dual-process model. Journal of Business Ethics. 153: pp. 1-15.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/69821
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10551-016-3361-x
dc.description.abstract

Although the trickle-down effect of ethical leadership has been documented in the literature, its underlying mechanism still remains largely unclear. To address this gap, we develop a cross-level dual-process model to explain how the effect occurs. Drawing on social learning theory, we hypothesize that the ethical leadership of high-level managers could cascade to middle-level supervisors via its impact on middle-level supervisors’ two ethical expectations. Using a sample of 69 middle-level supervisors and 381 subordinates across 69 sub-branches from a large banking firm in China, we found that middle-level supervisors’ ethical efficacy expectation and unethical behavior–punishment expectation (as one form of ethical outcome expectations) accounted for the trickle-down effect. The explanatory role of middle-level supervisors’ ethical behavior–reward expectation (as the other form of ethical outcome expectations), however, was not supported. The theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

dc.publisherSpringer Netherlands
dc.titleHow does ethical leadership trickle down? Test of an integrative dual-process model
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume153
dcterms.source.startPage1
dcterms.source.endPage15
dcterms.source.issn0167-4544
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Business Ethics
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The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3361-x

curtin.departmentFuture of Work Institute
curtin.accessStatusOpen access


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