A Three-Level Examination of the Cascading Effect of Ethical Leadership on Employee Outcomes

This study developed the multi-level ethical leadership model in the hierarchical organization to test how high-level leaders' ethical leadership relates to both low- level leaders' ethical leadership and employees' work outcomes. The data were collected from 224 leader-employee dyads from 6 major companies located in South Korea. Results showed the trickle-down effects of ethical leadership from high-level leaders to low-level leaders that...