Title: The mediating role of justice perceptions in the linkage between ethical leadership and employee outcomes: a study of Indian professionals

Authors: Mit Vachhrajani; Shailendra Singh; Himanshu Rai

Addresses: Indian Institute of Management Indore, Prabandh Shikhar, Rau – Pithampur Rd, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 453556, India ' Indian Institute of Management Ranchi, 5th Floor Suchana Bhawan Meur's Road Audrey House Campus, Jharkhand 834008, India ' Indian Institute of Management Indore, Prabandh Shikhar, Rau - Pithampur Rd, Indore, Madhya Pradesh 453556, India

Abstract: The present study examines the relationship of ethical leadership with job satisfaction, affective commitment and normative commitment in the Indian context. This study also examines the mediating role of procedural justice perceptions in this relationship. A self-reported questionnaire survey (N = 255) was conducted in various Indian organisations in the northern part of India. As hypothesised, ethical leadership was positively related to all the four dimensions of organisational justice namely procedural, distributive, informational and interpersonal justice. Further, procedural justice mediated the relationship of ethical leadership with job satisfaction, affective commitment, and normative commitment. Results also indicated the mediating role of informational justice in the relationship of ethical leadership with affective commitment and job satisfaction, highlighting the need for information transparency among employees in India. Managerial implications of the study are discussed.

Keywords: ethical leadership; justice perceptions; job satisfaction; normative commitment; affective commitment.

DOI: 10.1504/IJICBM.2020.108924

International Journal of Indian Culture and Business Management, 2020 Vol.20 No.4, pp.488 - 509

Received: 11 Jul 2018
Accepted: 09 May 2019
Published online: 07 Aug 2020 *

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