Ethical leadership and followers’ career satisfaction, mobility, and promotability: A P-E fit perspective

Frontiers in Psychology

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Ruobing Xi¹  Kun Yu²  Yao Ge²  Peiyue Cao² 

[1] Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University;School of Labor and Human Resources, Renmin University of China

关键词: Ethical Leadership;    Person-environment fit;    Career success;    mobility;    Promotability;    career satisfaction;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2022.927146

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of ethical leadership on followers’ subjective and objective career success from a P-E fit perspective. Specifically, the mediating effects of demands-abilities fit, needs-supplies fit, and person-organization fit in the relationship between ethical leadership and employee subjective (i.e., career satisfaction) and objective career success (i.e., mobility and promotability) were investigated. We collected two-wave data from 160 employees and used hierarchical regressions to test the hypotheses. The findings revealed that ethical leadership had a positive effect on employee career satisfaction, mobility, and promotability. Moreover, employee demands-abilities fit mediated the relationship between ethical leadership and career mobility and promotability; needs-supplies fit and person-organization fit mediated the relationship between ethical leadership and employee career satisfaction. Theoretical and empirical implications were discussed.

【 授权许可】

CC BY