Abstract
The study is conducted with an aim to assess the impacts of leader ethical role modeling and leader safety role modeling on the morally courageous behavior among employees. The study has also checked the mediation of moral emotions, including moral sympathy, moral contempt and moral anger and disgust in between the relationship of leader ethical role modeling and morally courageous behavior among employees, and also between the relationship of leader safety role modeling and morally courageous behavior among employees. Quantitative data is collected from 364 employees, supervisors that are working together at the workplace and have high interaction and social exchange relationships. Data analysis by applying SPSS and Amos has revealed significant and positive impact of leader safety role modeling on the morally courageous behavior among employees, whereas the impact of leader ethical role modeling is found to be insignificant. The mediation of moral sympathy, moral contempt and moral anger and disgust in the relationship between leader ethical role modeling and morally courageous behavior, and also between the relationship of leader safety role modeling and morally courageous behavior is found to be significant and positive. The research has expanded the literature by considering moral emotions for developing the morally courageous behavior in the employees and to maximize the organizational outcomes as well.
Highlights
IntroductionThere are certain forms of moral emotions that are evoked in an employee because of certain situations
The results of the study have proposed that the impact of leader safety role modeling on the morally courageous behavior is significant and positive, whereas the impact of leader ethical role modeling on the morally courageous behavior is found to be insignificant
Implications of the Study The current study has significantly addressed and removed the gaps of the previous studies by explaining that how the different hurdles of the moral emotions can be controlled and managed by the leaders through the leader role modeling, so that the morally courageous behavior can be developed in the employees
Summary
There are certain forms of moral emotions that are evoked in an employee because of certain situations These emotions can be related to various work-related experiences as the employee had been encountered with the bad behaviour, no timely payment of the salary or on the other side the helping behaviour can trigger the moral emotions. The emotion can be positive and negative as most of the employees who came across negative situations or work-related experience show negative moral emotions Based on these moral emotions the behaviour is affected by the employees as they show the destructive behaviour that affects the organization performance .
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