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Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption.
Front Psychol. 2020; 11:578419.FP

Abstract

Ethical leadership has been suggested as an organizational factor that could reduce unethical behaviors in an organization. We extend this research by examining how and when ethical leadership could reduce followers' corruption. We examined the moderating role of followers' Machiavellianism and the mediating role of intuitive thinking style in the negative effect of ethical leadership on corruption. Across two different studies (field study and experiment), we found that ethical leadership decreases followers' corruption (Studies 1 and 2) and that this negative effect is mediated by followers' intuitive thinking style (Study 2). Furthermore, followers' Machiavellianism moderated the direct negative effect of ethical leadership on corruption. However, the pattern of this moderation was not consistent. In Study 1, we found that ethical leadership has the strongest direct negative impact on corruption when followers' Machiavellianism is high, whereas in Study 2, we found that ethical leadership has the strongest direct negative effect on corruption when followers' Machiavellianism is low. The theoretical implications for corruption, ethical leadership, and information processing research, as well as practical implications for corruption prevention, will be discussed.

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Manara MU
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands. Faculty of Psychology, University of Merdeka Malang, Malang, Indonesia.
van Gils S
Department of Communication and Culture, BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo, Norway.
Nübold A
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Zijlstra FRH
Department of Work and Social Psychology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.

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eng

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33304296

Citation

Manara, Muhammad U., et al. "Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption." Frontiers in Psychology, vol. 11, 2020, p. 578419.
Manara MU, van Gils S, Nübold A, et al. Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption. Front Psychol. 2020;11:578419.
Manara, M. U., van Gils, S., Nübold, A., & Zijlstra, F. R. H. (2020). Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption. Frontiers in Psychology, 11, 578419. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.578419
Manara MU, et al. Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption. Front Psychol. 2020;11:578419. PubMed PMID: 33304296.
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TY - JOUR T1 - Corruption, Fast or Slow? Ethical Leadership Interacts With Machiavellianism to Influence Intuitive Thinking and Corruption. AU - Manara,Muhammad U, AU - van Gils,Suzanne, AU - Nübold,Annika, AU - Zijlstra,Fred R H, Y1 - 2020/11/13/ PY - 2020/06/30/received PY - 2020/10/20/accepted PY - 2020/12/11/entrez PY - 2020/12/12/pubmed PY - 2020/12/12/medline KW - Machiavellianism KW - corruption KW - ethical leadership KW - experiment KW - intuitive thinking style KW - survey SP - 578419 EP - 578419 JF - Frontiers in psychology JO - Front Psychol VL - 11 N2 - Ethical leadership has been suggested as an organizational factor that could reduce unethical behaviors in an organization. We extend this research by examining how and when ethical leadership could reduce followers' corruption. We examined the moderating role of followers' Machiavellianism and the mediating role of intuitive thinking style in the negative effect of ethical leadership on corruption. Across two different studies (field study and experiment), we found that ethical leadership decreases followers' corruption (Studies 1 and 2) and that this negative effect is mediated by followers' intuitive thinking style (Study 2). Furthermore, followers' Machiavellianism moderated the direct negative effect of ethical leadership on corruption. However, the pattern of this moderation was not consistent. In Study 1, we found that ethical leadership has the strongest direct negative impact on corruption when followers' Machiavellianism is high, whereas in Study 2, we found that ethical leadership has the strongest direct negative effect on corruption when followers' Machiavellianism is low. The theoretical implications for corruption, ethical leadership, and information processing research, as well as practical implications for corruption prevention, will be discussed. SN - 1664-1078 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/33304296/Corruption_Fast_or_Slow_Ethical_Leadership_Interacts_With_Machiavellianism_to_Influence_Intuitive_Thinking_and_Corruption_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -