The Antecedents and Consequences of Ethical Leadership in Saudi Arabia Labor Market

Abstract

This study aims to find out the antecedents and consequences of ethical leadership, and to investigate the relationships between transformational leadership, leader conscientiousness, ethical leadership, psychological empowerment, job satisfaction and turnover intention among employees in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The study was carried out in the Saudi labor market in both the public and private sectors. Data was collected from employees using an online questionnaire with a sample of 230 employees which were collected for the purpose of this study and statistically analyzed using SPSS and Amos, where SPSS mainly used for statistical methods such as (standard deviation, mean, reliability analysis and correlation analysis) and for AMOS (conformity factor analysis and path analysis). The results showed that a positive relationship between transformational leadership and ethical leadership, a positive relationship between leader conscientiousness and ethical leadership, a positive relationship between ethical leadership and psychological empowerment, a positive relationship between ethical leadership and job satisfaction and a positive relationship between psychological empowerment and job satisfaction, whereas, the results showed a negative relationship between psychological empowerment and turnover intention and a negative relationship between job satisfaction and turnover intention. These findings highlight the importance of ethical leadership within organizations which is ultimately boosting job satisfaction, leading to improved performance and reducing turnover intention among employees.