The Interactive Effect of Ethical Leadership and Employee Citizenship Behavior on Organizational Success: Do Lenses of Corporate Governance Matter?

Abstract

This study seeks to find an interactive effect between ethical leadership (EL) and corporate governance (CG) variables and investigate whether they would affect employee organizational citizenship behavior (EOCB) in a Malaysian organizational setting. The collected data from the 300 accounting/finance department employees were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) and Partial Least Square–Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM; SmartPLS 3.0). Several primary results confirmed a coherent significant relationship between EL and ethical climate (EC), EL and EOCB, EL and CG, and CG and organizational success. Theoretically, it implies a more enhanced EOCB literature on how it can be infused in an organization. It also offers valuable knowledge by providing organizations with several insights concerning the improvement of EOCB, enabling the organization to achieve its desired success and, more importantly, how the findings could contribute directly and indirectly to emerging markets in terms of their industrial and financial performance.

Citation

May, A.Y.C., Wen, C.T.C. and Tiong, J.L.B. (2021), "The Interactive Effect of Ethical Leadership and Employee Citizenship Behavior on Organizational Success: Do Lenses of Corporate Governance Matter?", Barnett, W.A. and Sergi, B.S. (Ed.) Environmental, Social, and Governance Perspectives on Economic Development in Asia (International Symposia in Economic Theory and Econometrics, Vol. 29B), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 105-135. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1571-03862021000029B029