نویسندگان

1 کارشناسی ارشد مدیریت دولتی، دانشکده مدیریت و حسابداری، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران

2 استادیار، دانشکده مدیریت و حسابداری، دانشگاه شهید بهشتی، تهران، ایران

چکیده

بدبینی سازمانی از جمله مشکلاتی است که سازمان‌های معاصر به‌شدت با آن دست به گریبان هستند و آثار منفی فردی و سازمانی گوناگونی را در بر دارد؛ با توجه به این امر، بررسی راه‌های کاهش بدبینی سازمانی اهمیت زیادی دارد. از این رو با توجه به نقش مهم اخلاق در سازمان‌ها در این مقاله تأثیر رهبری اخلاقی بر کاهش بدبینی با مطالعه نقش میانجی جو اخلاقی بررسی شده است. جامعه آماری این پژوهش، کارکنان سازمان میراث فرهنگی و گردشگری شهر زنجان هستند و داده‌های حاصل از پرسشنامه با روش مدلسازی معادلات ساختاری تحلیل شده است. نتایج حاکی از این است که تأثیر منفی مستقیم رهبری اخلاقی بر کاهش بدبینی سازمانی معنادار نیست، از این رو در صورتی که رهبری اخلاقی منجر به تقویت جو اخلاقی در سازمان شود، می‌تواند منجر به کاهش سطح بدبینی سازمانی شود. ضمن اینکه تأثیر مثبت رهبری اخلاقی بر جو اخلاقی نیز تأیید می‌شود. 

کلیدواژه‌ها

عنوان مقاله [English]

Ethical Leadership and Organizational Cynicism: Studying the Mediating Role of Ethical Climate

نویسندگان [English]

  • Saeed Nani 1
  • Tayebe Amirkhani 2
  • Maryam Abdolmaleki 1

چکیده [English]

Organizational cynicism as one of the main problems of current organizations, has many negative consequences for the organizations in personal and organizational level. Therefor studying solutions for diminishing this phenomenon, is vital. Considering importance of ethical concerns in organizations, this paper studies the impact of ethical leadership on decreasing organizational cynicism directly and through the ethical climate. Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization of Zanjan form the research population. Data gathered by standard questionnaire has been analyzed using structural equation modeling. Results show that there is not significant (direct negative) effect between ethical leadership and organizational cynicism, but if ethical leadership set the stage for flourishing ethical climate, it can decrease organizational cynicism. In this regard, the positive direct impact of ethical leadership on ethical climate has been confirmed.

کلیدواژه‌ها [English]

  • ethical leadership
  • organizational cynicism
  • Ethical Climate
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