International journal of economics Business and Human Resources
Published December 29, 2020 | Version v1
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Ethical Leadership and Attitudinal Outcomes With Reference To Tunisian Companies

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  • 1. Department of M anagement, University of Sousse, Tunisia

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The main objective of this paper is to investigate the effect of ethics based leadership on employees’ attitudes including job satisfaction and commitment to organization. A quantitative methodology was chosen to test hypotheses and investigate causality between variables. The findings were tested using Smart PLS 3 software. This research confirms the positive association among both ethical leadership and followers’ job satisfaction and commitment.

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Ethical Leadership, Job Satisfaction, Organizational Commitment

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