공공조직에서 윤리적 리더십이 조직몰입에 미치는 영향: 절차적 공정성의 조절효과를 중심으로

Even when leaders show desirable leadership styles, the effectiveness of their behaviors on employees’ work-related outcomes may be influenced by the organizational context. Nonetheless, previous empirical research on the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational commitment has largely ignored the moderating role of procedural justice in public administration. Using survey data drawn from the Korean government, this study explores how ethical leadership and procedural justice affect organizational commitment as well as moderating effect of procedural justice on the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational commitment. The statistical results indicate that ethical leadership is positively related to organizational commitment whereas the impact of procedural justice on organizational commitment is insignificant. Further analysis shows that procedural justice significantly moderates the relationship between the ethical leadership and organizational commitment such that organizations benefit more from ethical leaders with high levels of procedural justice in increasing employees’ organizational commitment. The implications and contributions of these results for public administration are discussed.