期刊名称：International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences
电子版ISSN：2222-6990
出版年度：2019
卷号：9
期号：5
页码：761-772
DOI：10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i5/6005
语种：English
出版社：Human Resource Management Academic Research Society
摘要：Ethical leadership is becoming an important organizational strategy in achieving its objectives in the fourth industrial revolution era. This study aimed to explore the impact of ethical leadership practiced through decision making, two-way communication, reinforcement towards ethical climate among organizational leaders. Cross sectional technique was employed to collect primary data from 150 employees from corporate organizations within West Malaysia. Data analysis was conducted through Partial Least Square – Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM). The findings of the analysis indicated that there was a significant relationship between decision making and ethical climate, there was also significant relationship between two-way communication and ethical climate, and the connection between reinforcement and ethical climate was also found to be significant. Statistically, these outcomes confirmed that decision making, two-way communication and reinforcement practiced by leaders are the determinant factors for ethical climate in the organizations involved. Thus the findings of this study provided empirical evidence on the important elements of ethical leadership on ethical climate to enhance ethical climate in the organization.
