The relationship between ethical leadership, organizational identification and workplace spirituality with unethical pro-organizational behavior mediated by job satisfaction In the staff of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz

The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between ethical leadership, organizational identification and workplace spirituality with unethical pro-organizational behavior mediated by job satisfaction. The present study was a correlational study. The population of the present study included all the staff of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz, from which 133 people were selected by stratified random sampling as a sample of the present study. The data collection instruments were Ethical Leadership Questionnaire, Brown et al. (2005), organizational identification Questionnaire, Mael & Ashforth (1992), workplace spirituality Questionnaire Milliman et al. (2003), unethical pro-organizational behavior Questionnaire Umphress et al. (2010), and Job Satisfaction Questionnaire Barry Fieldworth (1951). Data were analyzed using structural equation modeling (SEM) in SPSS version 23 and AMOS 23 software programs. Structural SEM confirmed the proposed model’s fitness. The results indicated a direct and indirect relationship of ethical leadership, organizational identification, and workplace spirituality through job satisfaction on unethical pro-organizational behavior.