Ethical work climate, organizational identification, leader-member-exchange (LMX) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB): A study of three star hotels in Taiwan
International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management
ISSN: 0959-6119
Article publication date: 29 October 2019
Issue publication date: 13 January 2020
Abstract
Purpose
This paper aims to propose and test a moderated mediation model examining the relationships among ethical work climate, organizational identification, leader-member-exchange (LMX) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB).
Design/methodology/approach
Numerous regression analyses were performed using PROCESS (version 2.13), a macro for SPSS developed by Hayes (2017) to test this moderated mediation model.
Findings
The analytical results showed that organizational identification mediates the positive relationship between an ethical work climate and OCB. The analytical results also showed that LMX moderates the direct effect of ethical work climate on organizational identification and that LMX also moderates the indirect effect of ethical work climate on OCB via organizational identification.
Practical implications
This study provides numerous valuable implications for hotels to develop effective strategies to promote employees’ OCB and improve their organizational identification.
Originality/value
This study was the first attempt to propose and test a moderated mediation model that explores the relationships among ethical work climate, organizational identification, leader-member-exchange (LMX) and OCB.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Republic of China, Taiwan, for financially supporting this research under contract MOST 104-2628-S-030-001-MY3.
Citation
Teng, C.-C., Lu, A.C.C., Huang, Z.-Y. and Fang, C.-H. (2020), "Ethical work climate, organizational identification, leader-member-exchange (LMX) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB): A study of three star hotels in Taiwan", International Journal of Contemporary Hospitality Management, Vol. 32 No. 1, pp. 212-229. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJCHM-07-2018-0563
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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