How Leadership Influences Employees’ Unethical Pro-organizational Behavior: A Case Study of Transformational Leadership

DOI

10.2991/aebmr.k.220307.041How to use a DOI?

Keywords

Transformational Leadership; organizational identity; unethical pro-organizational behavior; Supervisor’s Organizational Embodiment

Abstract

Through literature collection, it is found that in the fiercely competitive business environment, unethical pro-organizational behavior widely exists in today’s organizations, and have a certain potential destructive effect on the organization itself and the entire society. Therefore, how to reduce the unethical pro-organizational behavior has become a focal issue in the field of enterprise and human resource management. Based on social learning theory, this study is expected to enrich the research on the mechanism of transformational leadership on unethical pro-organizational behavior, explore the possible negative effects of transformational leadership, and provide theoretical guidance and theoretical guidance for organizations on how to reduce employees’ unethical pro-organizational behavior. Based on the detailed data obtained from the questionnaires of more than 200 people from various industries in Zhejiang Province, this research concludes that the moral level of employees affected by leadership and the sense of organizational social responsibility affected by leadership will affect employees’ unethical pro-organizational behavior. Through the analysis of this research, the following suggestions are summarized: 1. Strengthen moral construction and avoid unethical behavior; 2. Provide job support to reduce the perception of job insecurity; 3. Be alert to the potential risks of malignant management and reduce the occurrence of malignant management.

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Cheng-Yu Yang
AU  - Zhi-Tao Chen
PY  - 2022
DA  - 2022/03/26
TI  - How Leadership Influences Employees’ Unethical Pro-organizational Behavior: A Case Study of Transformational Leadership
BT  - Proceedings of the 2022 7th International Conference on Financial Innovation and Economic Development (ICFIED 2022)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 264
EP  - 269
SN  - 2352-5428
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/aebmr.k.220307.041
DO  - 10.2991/aebmr.k.220307.041
ID  - Yang2022
ER  -