The effect of the interaction of job enthusiasm with ethical leadership on the performance of education workers

Fahimeh Forootani ¹ ( Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran. )
Alireza Manzari Tavakoli ² ( Associate Professor, Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran )
Sanjar Salajegheh ³ ( Associate Professor, Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran, )
Mahdi Mohammad Bagheri ⁴ ( Assistant Professor, Department of Management, Kerman Branch, Islamic Azad University, Kerman, Iran. )

Submited date : 2024-08-03 Accepted date : 2024-09-19

Keywords: career passion, ethical leadership, education staff.,

Abstract :

This study was applied, descriptive and survey method on 341 employees and managers of education in Kerman province. The samples were selected by stratified random method. The tool for collecting information was the review of documents, interviews and questionnaires made by the researcher. In order to analyze the data, descriptive and inferential statistics methods were used and the data were analyzed with the help of SPSS and AMOS software. The findings of the study showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between job enthusiasm and its components (behavioral, cognitive and emotional enthusiasm) and the job performance of employees. The results showed that there is a positive and significant relationship between job enthusiasm and job performance of education staff with the mediation of ethical leadership. In addition, there was a positive and significant relationship between the components of job passion, i.e., behavioral passion, cognitive passion, and emotional passion, with employee performance and the mediation of ethical leadership. Based on the results of the multi-level logit model, the non-linear behavior between the research variables was confirmed. As a result, there is a non-linear relationship between job enthusiasm, leadership and job performance in general and detailed. Based on multiplicative interaction relationships, the mediating role of leadership variable was also confirmed. Ethical leadership and job enthusiasm variables can predict employee empowerment and by developing ethical leadership style can be increased.

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