The Effect of Ethical Leadership on Perceived Organizational Identification: The Mediating Role of Ethical Climate

Abstract

In this study, the mediating variable role of ethical climate and the effect of ethical leadership on organizational identification were examined. It was proposed that managers are role models in the organizations in which they are involved, that they would direct the ethical climate with their ethical leadership behaviour and that as a result they would positively affect the organizational identification perception of the employees. To this end, a quantitative research was carried out through the data acquired from 322 healthcare personnel employed as nurses/midwives, other healthcare personnel and administrative personnel at public hospitals in a certain province of Turkey. In the evaluation of the data, confirmatory factor analysis, correlation analysis and structural equation modelling were utilized. The findings of the research revealed that ethical leadership behaviour impacts the perception of organizational identification directly and indirectly. Moreover, it was discovered that regarding the indirect influence of ethical leadership behaviour, ethical climate plays a mediating role.