THE IMPACT OF ETHICAL LEADERSHIP BEHAVIOR ON TRUSTIN MANAGER AND PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT: THE MEDIATING ROLE OF INTERACTIONAL JUSTICE

Abstract

his study was examined the impact of ethical leadership on trust in manager and psychological empowerment. The meadiating effect of interactional justice of that relationship was also investigated. Initially, ethical leadership behavior, trust in manager, psychological empowerment and interactional justice were defined. Consequently, correlation and regression analyses were performed according to the methodology. Analyses provide support for the direct effect of ethical leadership behavior on cognition-based trust. Analyses also provide support for the mediating role of interactional justice in the impact of ethical leadership behavior on affect-based trust and self-determination-impact.Ethical leadership behavior, trust in manager, psychological empowerment and interactional justice