Thе Acadеmic Mеmbеrs Pеrcеptions on Еthical Lеadеrship Practicеs and thеir Rolе in Organizational Commitmеnt: Еmpirical Еvidеncе from Charmo Univеrsity

Hussein Ahmad Mustafa¹ and Hiwa Rafiq Namiq²

¹ Assist. Lecturer, College of Administration and Economics, Salahaddin University-Erbil.
² Department of Business Administration, Charmo University.
Correspondence: [email protected]; [email protected]

Abstract

This research’s primary purpose is to examine the academic members’ perceptions of ethical leadership practices and their role in organizational commitment, based on empirical data obtained from academic members at Charmo University. The researchers employed the quantitative method and used a survey questionnaire as a data collection instrument, which comprises six constructs (ethical leadership practices: fairness, people-orientation, power-sharing, emotional commitment, normative commitment, continuous commitment, and the survey administered to academic members in departments of Charmo University. The empirical data were analyzed using SPSS, and Amos 25, mainly to test the hypotheses. The results supported the research hypotheses that ethical leadership practices, such as fairness, people-orientation, and power-sharing, are related to organizational commitment. Thus, ethical leadership practices positively and significantly influence organizational commitment. Results also showed that people-orientation and power-sharing are the factors that motivate the influence of ethical leadership practices on organizational commitment. This research contributes to the literature by representing that ethical leadership practices stand as the base for improving emotional, normative, and continuous commitment; the enhanced organizational commitment resulting from leaders’ ethical behaviour contributes to improving the academic members’ commitment to their institution.

Kеywords: Еthical Lеadеrship Practicеs, Organizational Commitmеnt, and Charmo Univеrsity.

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Doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.23918/ejmss.V2i1p33

Published: May 16, 2021

 

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