Ethical Leadership Supports Safety Voice by Increasing Risk Perception and Reducing Ethical Ambiguity:Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic

Autor: M. Selim Cakir, Jamie K. Wardman, Alexander Trautrims
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Cakir, M S, Wardman, J & Trautrims, A 2022, ' Ethical Leadership Supports Safety Voice by Increasing Risk Perception and Reducing Ethical Ambiguity : Evidence from the COVID-19 Pandemic ', Risk Analysis, pp. 1-15 . https://doi.org/10.1111/risa.14053
ISSN: 0272-4332
1539-6924
Popis: Misconduct by business and political leaders during the pandemic is feared to have impacted on people’s adherence to protective measures that would help to safeguard against the spread of COVID-19. Addressing this concern, this paper theorizes and tests a model linking ethical leadership with workplace risk communication – a practice referred to as ‘safety voice’ in the research literature. Our study, conducted with 511 employees from UK companies, revealed that ethical leadership is positively associated with greater intention to engage in safety voice regarding COVID-19. We also find that this association is mediated by relations with the perceived health risk of COVID-19 and ambiguity about ethical decision-making in the workplace. These findings therefore underscore the importance of good ethical conduct by leaders for ensuring that health and safety risks are well understood and communicated effectively by organizational members particularly during crises. We discuss the theoretical and practical implications of our study and highlight further opportunities for future researchto address the ethical dimensions of leadership, risk management, and organizational risk communication.
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