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100			_aPaterson, Ted A. _934937
245			_aAm I Expected to Be Ethical? A Role-Definition Perspective of Ethical Leadership and Unethical Behavior
300			_a2837-2860 p.
520			_aPrior studies have demonstrated that leaders’ ethical behaviors have an impact on followers’ unethical behaviors, and yet the explanatory mechanisms in this relationship have not been fully explored. To further explicate the relationship between ethical leadership and unethical employee behavior, we adopted a role-based perspective and introduced the concept of role ethicality. That is, we explored the impact that leaders’ actions and voice behaviors, particularly regarding ethical issues, have on perceptions of ethical role requirements and in turn the effect such perceptions have on unethical behavior. In a field study involving 394 employees and 68 supervisors and a randomized experiment conducted with 121 working professionals, we find that as predicted, leaders’ behaviors and ethical voice have a significant influence on role ethicality, which in turn impacts unethical behavior. Based on our empirical findings, we describe the implications, limitations, and future directions relevant to this study.
653			_aethical leadership
653			_aethical voice
653			_aunethical behavior
653			_arole ethicality
700			_aLei Huang _934938
773	0		_029017 _977320 _aDEBORAH E. RUPP _dWEST LAFAYETTE SAGE PUBLICATION 2012 _o55511131 _tJOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT _x 0149-2063
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