Ethical leadership and followers' career satisfaction, mobility, and promotability: A P-E fit perspective
Ruobing Xi1, Kun Yu2, Yao Ge2
1Antai College of Economics and Management, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China.
Abstract:
The purpose of this paper is to examine the effect of ethical leadership on followers' subjective and objective career success from a P-E fit perspective. Specifically, the mediating effects of demands-abilities fit, needs-supplies fit, and person-organization fit in the relationship between ethical leadership and employee subjective (i.e., career satisfaction) and objective career success (i.e., mobility and promotability) were investigated. We collected two-wave data from 160 employees and used hierarchical regressions to test the hypotheses. The findings revealed that ethical leadership had a positive effect on employee career satisfaction, mobility, and promotability. Moreover, employee demands-abilities fit mediated the relationship between ethical leadership and career mobility and promotability; needs-supplies fit and person-organization fit mediated the relationship between ethical leadership and employee career satisfaction. Theoretical and empirical implications were discussed.
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