Unethical customers and employee burnout: The role of ethical leadership

Matthew J. Quade, Rebecca L. Greenbaum, Gabi Eissa, Mary B. Mawritz, Joongseo Kim

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Abstract

We argue that organizations can more effectively manage employees' reactions to customer unethical behavior by hiring and/or training ethical leaders. We find support for a moderated-mediation model whereby ethical leadership mitigates the indirect relationship between customer unethical behavior and employee outcomes, as mediated by employee emotional exhaustion.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)143-148
Number of pages6
JournalAcademy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event73rd Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2013 - Orlando, United States
Duration: Aug 10 2013Aug 12 2013

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Management Information Systems
  • Management of Technology and Innovation
  • Industrial relations

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