%0 Journal Article
%T Ethical Leadership and Workplace Pressures as Mediators: Linking Ethical Climate to Organisational Citizenship Behaviour in Mauritian Enterprises
%A Yuna Kim
%A Hyun Woo Lee
%J Annals of Organizational Culture, Leadership and External Engagement Journal
%@ 3108-4176
%D 2022
%V 3
%N 1
%R 10.51847/4K5hdSdW1c
%P 119-133
%X The world continues to encounter unparalleled difficulties arising from ethical challenges within organisations, closely connected to leadership integrity and moral decision-making. Consequently, this research examines the correlations among organisational culture, ethical climate, ethical leadership, decision-making practices, and workplace pressures. Furthermore, it investigates how these ethical constructs influence organisational citizenship behaviour, employees’ ethical conduct, and perceived performance, through a macro–meso–micro analytical perspective. A quantitative cross-sectional approach with a survey methodology was employed, gathering data from 526 individuals representing diverse professional backgrounds and sectors within “large” enterprises in Mauritius. Findings reveal that organisational culture and ethical climate, functioning as macro-level independent factors, jointly impact the dependent variables—organisational citizenship behaviour, ethical conduct, and perceived employee performance—both directly and indirectly at different intensities. Additionally, ethical leadership, decision-making, and workplace pressures (both internal and external) were found to serve as significant meso-level mediators influencing organisational citizenship and perceived performance outcomes. The structural model demonstrated an adequate fit and may serve as a reference framework for practitioners and scholars to promote organisational citizenship behaviour. Concluding remarks provide strategies to strengthen ethical standards and citizenship-oriented practices in the Mauritian corporate setting.
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