The impact of ethical leadership on employees' innovative behavior: The mediating role of organizational commitment

Abstract

This study aimed to explore the relationship between ethical leadership and employees’ innovative behavior. The study relied on the analytical-descriptive approach through a review of the theoretical subjects related to previous studies and the analytical-practical aspect through preparing a questionnaire and distributing it to the targeted population of the study, while relying on the SPSS and Amos programs to test the hypotheses of the study and achieve its objectives. The results showed that there was an impact for ethical leadership on the employees’ innovative behavior and the organizational commitment partially mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and the employee's innovative behavior.

Keywords Employees’ Innovative Behavior, Ethical Leadership, Jordan, Jordanian Banks, Organizational commitment