Examining the Effect of Ethical Leadership and Positive Attitude of Managers on Creating Work Authenticity by Considering the Mediating Role of Perceived Organizational Support (Case study: employees of Islamic Azad University of Dezful)
The present study aims to examine the effect of ethical leadership and the positive attitude of managers on creating job originality through the mediating role of perceived organizational support.
The method of present survey is applied research in terms of its objective. In terms of the data collection method, it was a descriptive-correlational study that specifically employed causal modeling. The statistical population of this study was composed of 500 employees of the Islamic Azad University of Dezful in 2019. Out of these 500 individuals, 217 were selected as the research sample using the Krejcie & Morgan (1997) table. Standard research-made questionnaires were used in this research to collect the research data. The reliability of the said questionnaires was confirmed through Cronbach's α, and their validity was confirmed by Smart-pls software. Also, Smart-pls and SPSS16 software were used to process the collected data. Moreover, structural equation modeling (SEM) was used for confirmatory factor analysis and assessment of research hypotheses.
Research results suggested that managers' ethical leadership and positive attitudes had an impact on working originality. Besides, ethical leadership and the positive attitudes of managers significantly affected the perceived organizational support. Furthermore, the mediating role of perceived organizational support in the relationship between ethical leadership and positive attitudes of managers and working originality was confirmed.
Overall, it could be said that ethical leadership and the positive attitudes of managers were evaluated through various perspectives. Also, it could be stated that the working originality component was a key factor in the sustainable development and excellence of a social institution or an organization.
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