Impact of Ethical Leadership on Employee Performance in the Public Sector: Does Leader-Member Exchange Matter?

Impact of Ethical Leadership on Employee Performance in the Public Sector: Does Leader-Member Exchange Matter?

Authors

  • Kazeem Adebayo Oladimeji Al-Hikmah University Ilorin.
  • Abdulrazaq Kayode Abdulkareem University of Ilorin
  • Iyiola Tomilayo Akindele University of Ilorin
  • Abdulhakeem Adejumo Federal University Dutse

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15575/jpan.v14i2.19912

Keywords:

Leader-Member Exchange, Ethical Leadership, Employee Performance, Public Sector

Abstract

This study assessed the impact of ethical leadership on employee performance in the public sector using leader-member exchange as a mediator. Data for this quantitative study was gathered using a structured questionnaire administered to Nigerian federal public officials in some selected ministries. A conceptual model was drawn and put to the test using the PLS-SEM. Based on the results, all hypotheses were significant at p < 0.001. More importantly, ethical leadership positively and significantly impacts leader-member exchange and employee productivity. More so, leader-member exchange mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and employee performance. This study’s findings improve on earlier studies on ethical leadership and leader-member exchange relationships. Also, it suggests the importance of leaders’ moral behaviour and their relationship with subordinates in the workplace, by imbibing workplace ethics. This study has added to the continuing discussion on ethical leadership and its implications in the public sector in a developing nation like Nigeria.

Author Biographies

Kazeem Adebayo Oladimeji, Al-Hikmah University Ilorin.

Department of Political Science and Public Administration,
Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin,
Kwara State, Nigeria.

Abdulrazaq Kayode Abdulkareem, University of Ilorin

Department of Public Administration,
University of Ilorin,
Ilorin,
Kwara State.

Iyiola Tomilayo Akindele, University of Ilorin

Department of Public Administration,
University of Ilorin,
Ilorin,
Kwara State.

Abdulhakeem Adejumo, Federal University Dutse

Department of Political Science

Federal University, Dutse

Jigawa State.

 

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2022-12-29

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2022): Pemikiran Administrasi Negara 4

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