The effect of conceptualization of ethical leadership on organizational deviational behaviors of university employees

Analyzing the effect between conceptualization of ethical leadership and organizational deviational behaviors has been the objective of this research. This study has been done based on the descriptive method of correlational kind. The statistical population of this study has been included all of the employees of Isfahan (IAU) who were 320 employes. Employees were selected randomly as sample. The standard questionnaire of Ethical Leadership (Kalshonand et al., 2011) and the standard questionnaire of Deviational Behaviors (Bent and Robinson and et al., 2008) were included in the research`s tools. The multiple regression`s tests was used. Results showed that the conceptualization of ethical leadership has a significant effect on deviational behaviors is negative and significant which is as (p≥0.01, r=-0.290). Therefore, the hypothesis of the effect of conscientiousness on deviant behavior is not confirmed and the hypotheses of the effect of dimensions of popular orientation, knowledge sharing, stability, role resolution, moral guidance, fairness of moral leadership on deviant behaviors are not confirmed.