The Assessment of Ethical Leadership in Developing Ethical Climate and Decision Making-Evidence from Pakistan

Abstract

Objective: The purpose of this research was to ascertain how ethical leadership influenced decision making through mediating role of ethical climate. Methodology: The current study was based upon the single reality that is have used the positivist approach to examine the relationship of the variables. In the quantitative method of the research study different methods are applied to test the hypothesis. This study has used the cross sectional time horizon in which the data have been collected from the respondents of the Pakistani public organizations in single/one point in time. Data were collected from the respondents with the help of the survey questionnaire among 200 respondents where the researcher got 150 responses from the respondents. Non probability sampling technique was applied in the research study. All the ethical procedures and guidelines were followed while collecting the data from the respondents. Results: Shown that ethical leadership has positive influence on ethical climate and decision making, ethical climate positively moderates the influence of ethical leadership on decision making. Conclusion: Controlling the ethical aspects in leadership effectively boosts decision making through the role of ethical climate.