Ethical leadership and employee pro-social rule-breaking behavior in China

Jinqiang Zhu; Shiyong Xu; Kan Ouyang; David Herst; Elaine Farndale

Ethical leadership and employee pro-social rule-breaking behavior in China

Chinese people generally show flexibility in obeying formal rules and emphasize rules in terms of virtue. In such a cultural background, we explore the effects of ethical leadership and ethical idealism on employee pro-social rule-breaking behavior (PSRB). Our study incorporates individual traits and situational factors to present a holistic view of the antecedents of pro-social rule-breaking behavior. Our findings shed light on a new cognitive mechanism - perceived norms - of social cognitive theory and show the boundary condition - moral idealism - of social cognitive theory.

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Work Title	Ethical leadership and employee pro-social rule-breaking behavior in China
Access	Open Access
Creators	Jinqiang Zhu Shiyong Xu Kan Ouyang David Herst Elaine Farndale
Keyword	Ethical leadership Pro-social rule breaking behavior Perceived pro-social rule breaking norms Idealism of ethical ideology China
License	In Copyright (Rights Reserved)
Work Type	Article
Publisher	Asian Business & Management
Publication Date	February 19, 2018
Publisher Identifier (DOI)	https://doi.org/10.1057/s41291-018-0031-0
Deposited	September 12, 2023

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