The impact of ethical leadership on employee creativity: the mediating role of employee voice: Case Study Staff tehran University of Medical Science

Subject Areas : مدیریت

Emran Mohammadi Fateh ¹ , Faraj Allah Rahnavard ² , Parivash Thmasebi ³ , Reza Asadi ⁴

1 - M.A., Department of Public Administration, Higher Institute of Management Education and Research and Planning, Tehran, Iran
2 - Associate Professor, Department of Public Administration, Higher Institute of Management Education and Research and Planning, Tehran, Iran
3 - M.A., Department of Public Administration, Higher Institute of Management Education and Research and Planning, Tehran, Iran.
4 - M.A., Department of Executive Management, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran.

Received: 2020-10-18 Accepted : 2020-10-18 Published : 2019-02-20

Keywords: Ethical Leadership, employee creativity, Voice Employee,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of ethical leadership on creativity of employees, taking into account the role of mediation of employees' voices. The present research is based on the applied objective and in terms of the nature and method of the research type is descriptive and correlational and is one-sectional in terms of the time of research. The statistical population of this research is all employees of Tehran University of Medical Sciences. A sample of 264 people was selected through simple random sampling. Questionnaires were distributed over a 2 month period. The return rate was 89%. In total 237 completed questionnaires were collected and entered into the research process. Validity of the questionnaire was confirmed by the experts. The reliability of the tool was calculated and validated using Cronbach's alpha. Data were analyzed using spss24 and Amos22 software. The results of the research show that ethical leadership affects creativity. Ethical leadership affects employees 'voices, and employees' voices also affect creativity. On the other hand, the results indicate that the voice of the staff mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and employee creativity. This article shows the benefits of ethical leadership in the organization, and includes concepts for developing ethical leadership and its impact on employees' voices and creativity