Relationship between Ethical Leadership & Corporate Citizen Behaviors: Mediating Role of Self-efficacy, Respect and Interaction between Manager & Employees

The main nature of corporate citizen behaviors includes the idea that corporate citizen behaviors are beneficial behaviors that are critical to improving organizational performance. The purpose of this study is to identify the relationship between ethical leadership and individual and organizational corporate citizenship behaviors, with the moderating role of self-efficacy, respect and interaction between manager and employees.

This research is applied and descriptive-correlational and its population consists of all employees of companies listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange. The selected sample consists of 102 people who were selected using available sampling. A standard questionnaire was used to assess the research variables. Also, the period of study is 2017. To analyze the findings in the form of 8 main hypotheses, the method of structural equations by Smart PLS software was used.

The research findings show that there is a positive and significant relationship between ethical leadership and corporate citizen in individual and organizational dimensions. It also positively modulates the self-efficacy, respect and interaction between the manager and the employees of the relationship between the ethical leadership and the corporate citizen in the individual and organizational dimension.

According to the research findings, it can be said that with increasing the level of ethical leadership, corporate citizen behaviors in individual and organizational dimensions increase and this relationship with moderating variables is also moderated positively. As a result, given the importance of the role of the corporate citizen in the excellence of the organization, it is necessary to pursue the development of professional ethics more carefully.