The mediating role of leader-member exchange and organizational identification in the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational cynicism

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marzieh heydari ¹ , leila sharifi ²

1 - استادیار. واحد اباده. دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی. آباده. ایران
2 - کارشناسی ارشد مدیریت آموزشی، واحد آباده، دانشگاه آزاد اسلامی، آباده، ایران

Received: 2021-10-06 Accepted : 2022-01-26 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Ethical Leadership, organizational identification, organizational cynicism, Leader Member Exchange,

Abstract :

The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of leader-member exchange and organizational identification in the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational cynicism of school teachers in Abadeh. This research is descriptive and correlational in terms of applied purpose, research method and the statistical population of this research consists of school teachers in Abadeh, whose number is equal to 1274 people. To select the sample size using the Cochran's formula, a sample of 295 people was selected by stratified random proportion or volume. To measure organizational cynicism from Kalagan Questionnaire (2009); Organizational identification (Boyle et al., 2019); Emadifar ethical Leadership (2009); Leadership member exchange (Ebrahimkhah, 2014) was used. The reliability of the questionnaire was evaluated by Cronbach's alpha coefficient and its composite reliability and validity were evaluated by construct and content validity. The research hypotheses were analyzed using structural equation modeling technique. The results showed that ethical leadership has a positive and significant effect on organizational cynicism. Leader exchange and organizational identification also mediate the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational cynicism.