Positive and Negative Moral Leadership: A Preliminary Analysis of Discriminant Validity
Date Issued
2006
Date
2006
Author(s)
Lee, Yu-Min
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
Although there are many researchers pointing out that the leaders’ ethical behaviors are related to subordinates’ behavior and efficiency, the subscale of moral leadership is rarely mentioned in the literature. The philosophers proposed a conceptual scheme by referring to distinction between positive/negative duties. Thus, this study divided the moral leadership into positive and negative moral leadership. To establish the discriminant validity, the study compared the different effect on subordinates’ attitude, organizational behaviours and positive and negative affect. According to Affect Event Theory (AET), we though that subordinates’ affect play a key role between moral leadership and subordinates’ reaction. Furthermore, this study investigated the moderating effect of benevolent leadership. Sampling from 213 employees and their supervisor through different companies in Taiwan, the result showed that moral leadership could be divided into positive and negative moral leadership. Positive moral leadership had more effect on subordinates attitude, OCB and positive affect and negative moral leadership had more effect on negative affect. Subordinates’ affect mediated the effect between moral leadership and subordinates attitudes. Benevolent leadership had its negative moderating effect between negative moral leadership and subordinates’ attitude and positive moderating effect between positive moral leadership and subordinates’ attitudes and behaviors. Related implications of these results for research and practice are discussed.
Subjects
積極德行領導
消極德行領導
區辨效度
positive moral leadership
negative moral leadership
discriminant validity
Type
other
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