- Title
- The effect of organisational citizenship behaviour and unethical pro-organisational behaviour on the relationship between ethical leadership and organisational culture
- Creator
- Nkosi, Nicholus Pontsho
- Subject
- Uncatalogued
- Date Issued
- 2025-04-04
- Date
- 2025-04-04
- Type
- Academic theses
- Type
- Master's theses
- Type
- text
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/479484
- Identifier
- vital:78317
- Description
- Leaders have an impact on followers' ethical behaviour at lower levels by ingraining their standards and presumptions into the visible indicators of an ethical culture. Put differently, when a leader demonstrates ethical behaviour, it is reasonable to assume that followers will follow suit and create a shared understanding of what constitutes proper behaviour. This study investigates the relationship between ethical leadership and organisational culture, focusing on the mediating roles of organisational citizenship behaviour (OCB) and unethical pro-organisational behaviour (UPB) within the context of a financial services company in Africa. In this context, the research aims to address the significant gap in the literature. To this end, the literature review evidenced, amongst others, that no empirical study has been performed on how OCB and UPB mediate the relationship between ethical leadership and organisational culture. The study employs a quantitative research methodology, utilising a survey distributed electronically to a diverse sample of participants from a financial services company. To this end, the results of the research affirm that ethical leadership is positively and significantly related to organisational culture, where ethical leadership is posited to enhance organisational culture by fostering trust and collaboration among employees. Furthermore, OCB was found to mediate the relationship between ethical leadership and organisational culture. This indicates that promoting OCB is essential for fostering a favourable organisational culture. On the other hand, the study’s results show that UPB does not mediate the relationship between ethical leadership and organisational culture. This research contributes to the understanding of how ethical leadership influences organisational culture and highlights the importance of fostering OCB in organisational settings.
- Description
- Thesis (MBA) -- Faculty of Commerce, Rhodes Business School, 2025
- Format
- computer
- Format
- online resource
- Format
- application/pdf
- Format
- 1 online resource (114 pages)
- Format
- Publisher
- Rhodes University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Commerce, Rhodes Business School
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nkosi, Nicholus Pontsho
- Rights
- Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons "Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike" License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/)
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