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Ethical Leadership and Young University Teachers’ Work Engagement: A Moderated Mediation Model

Year: 2019

Type: article

Abstract: This paper aims to examine the mediating role of organizational trust in the relationship between ethical leadership and young teachers' work engagement, and the moderating effect of supervisor-subordinate (S-S) guanxi. S-S guanxi is a special interpersonal relationship in Chinese organizations. The sample in this study comprises 205 young teachers from 15 Chinese universities. The results reveal that organizational trust mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and young teachers' work engagement. Moreover, S-S guanxi strengthens the positive relationship between organizational trust and young teachers' work engagement, and the indirect effect of ethical leadership on young teachers' work engagement through organizational trust. Based upon these findings, several theoretical and practical implications are discussed.

Source: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17010021

Authors: Jianji Zeng, Guangyi Xu

Institutions: Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, South China University of Technology

Language: English

Topic: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,824

Funder: Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China