Investigating the effect of deviant behaviors in the workplace on job performance through transformational leadership and moral leadership (Case study: Islamic Azad University, Isfahan Branch (Khorasgan))

Subject Areas : Human Capital Empowerment

Abbas Ghaedamini Harouni ¹ , reza Ebrahimzadeh Dastjerdi ² , Ali Reza Ebrahimpour ³

1 - Ph.D. Student, Cultural Managementof Facuty Management. South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran ,Iran
2 - Assistant Professor of Facuty Management Isfahan (Khorasgan) Branch, Islamic Azad University, Isfahan, Iran
3 - Assistant Professor of Facuty Management South Tehran Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran ,Iran

Received: 2021-01-23 Accepted : 2021-04-30 Published : 2021-11-22

Keywords: Transformational Leadership, job performance, Ethical Leadership, deviant behaviors in the workplace,

Abstract :

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of deviant behaviors in the workplace on job performance through transformational leadership and ethical leadership. The present study is applied in terms of purpose and correlational in terms of how to collect descriptive information. The statistical population of the present study consisted of all employees working in (Case study: Islamic Azad University of Isfahan (Khorasgan)) 660 people through the Cochran sampling formula 244 people as a sample through stratified sampling method appropriate to the volume were chosen. Research instruments Standard Questionnaire of Deviant Behaviors in the Workplace of Applebam et al. (2007), Standard Questionnaire of Job Performance of Tsui et al. (1997) and Standard Questionnaire of Rahim et al.'s Leadership Transformation (2006) and Standard Questionnaire of Moral Leadership of Brown et al. The validity of the questionnaires was examined based on content, face and structural validity, and after the necessary terms, the validity was confirmed. On the other hand, the validity of the questionnaires by Cronbach's alpha method was 0.90, 0.88, respectively. Were estimated to be 0.90 and 0.87 and the data were analyzed at the inferential level including structural equation modeling.The results showed that deviant behaviors in the workplace through transformational leadership have a negative and significant effect on job performance. The coefficient of this effect is -0.43 and through moral leadership has a negative and significant effect on job performance that the coefficient of this effect is -0.58

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