Manuscript Title:

ETHICAL LEADERSHIP AND FOLLOWERS’ WORKPLACE INCIVILITY: ANALYZING MEDIATING ROLE OF WORKGROUP NORMS AND MODERATING ROLE OF MORAL ATTENTIVENESS

Author:

AQSA JALIL, MUHAMMAD SARMAD, MUHAMMAD ZAHID ABBAS, LARAIB SADIQ

DOI Number:

DOI:10.17605/OSF.IO/75DVH

Published : 2023-03-10

About the author(s)

1. AQSA JALIL - Riphah School of Leadership, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
2. MUHAMMAD SARMAD - Riphah School of Leadership, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
3. MUHAMMAD ZAHID ABBAS - Faculty of Management Sciences, International Islamic University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
4. LARAIB SADIQ - Riphah School of Leadership, Riphah International University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

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Abstract

The social learning theory was used to analyze the interrelationships between ethical leadership and followers’ workplace incivility. The mediating role of workgroup norms for civility was examined in the said relationship and boundary condition of followers’ moral attentiveness was also investigated between ethical leadership and workgroup norms for civility. We obtained the responses from 238 middle tier officers working in reputed banks across major cities of Punjab, Pakistan. Data was analyzed in SPSS through advanced statistical techniques. The results revealed that (1) there is a negative relationship between ethical leadership and followers’ workplace incivility, (2) workgroup norms for civility mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and follower workplace incivility, and (3) the followers’ moral attentiveness moderates the relationship between ethical leadership and workgroup norms for civility such that if moral attentiveness is high than it strengthens the relationship between ethical leadership and workgroup norms for civility, hence the boundary condition would be stronger. The theoretical implications of these findings are also discussed.


Keywords

Ethical Leadership, Followers’ Moral Attentiveness, Followers’ Workplace Incivility, Workgroup Norms.