Research Article
The Impact of Ethical Leadership on Employee Silence in China: Perceived Organizational Trust As a Mediator
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.8-12-2023.2344754, author={Weimei Zeng and Biaobin Yan and Yiwei Chen and Jiaqi Wen}, title={The Impact of Ethical Leadership on Employee Silence in China: Perceived Organizational Trust As a Mediator}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 5th Management Science Informatization and Economic Innovation Development Conference, MSIEID 2023, December 8--10, 2023, Guangzhou, China}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={MSIEID}, year={2024}, month={4}, keywords={ethical leadership; employee silence; organizational trust; perception of organizational politics}, doi={10.4108/eai.8-12-2023.2344754} }- Weimei Zeng
Biaobin Yan
Yiwei Chen
Jiaqi Wen
Year: 2024
The Impact of Ethical Leadership on Employee Silence in China: Perceived Organizational Trust As a Mediator
MSIEID
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.8-12-2023.2344754
Abstract
The article examines the impact of ethical leadership on employee silence, adopting the methods of questionnaire and documents investigation. The findings show organizational trust plays a mediating role and, what’s more, the perception of organizational politics has a moderating effect between ethical leadership and employee silence. More specifically, the results are as follow: (a) Ethical leadership has significant negative influences on employee silence; (b) Organizational trust directly affects employee silence and plays a mediating role between ethical leadership and employee silence; (c) Perception of organizational politics moderates the mediated relationship between ethical leadership and organizational trust, and finally increases employee silence behaviors. In short, this research supplements the related discussions on ethical leadership and provides guidance for leaders to adopt certain leadership styles in different situations.
