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Ethical Leadership Enhances Willingness To Report Though Mediating Effects

Table 1:

Construct Variable coding EFA Alpha CR AVE
Ethical Leadership (EL): My supervisor… 0.916 0.917 0.580
“keeps his/her actions consistent with his/her stated values” EL1 0.641
“shows a strong concern for ethical and moral values” EL2 0.711
“sets an example of ethical behavior in his/her decisions and actions” EL3 0.637
“holds employees accountable for using ethical practices in their work” EL4 0.657
“insists on doing what is fair and ethical even when it is not easy” EL5 0.673
“opposes the use of unethical practices to increase performance” EL6 0.704
“regards honesty and integrity as important personal values” EL7 0.718
“communicates clear ethical standards for employees” EL8 0.626
Affective Commitment (AC) 0.877 0.881 0.599
AC1 0.565
“I feel a strong sense of belonging to my unit” AC2 0.732
“I feel as if my unit’s problems are my own” AC3 0.575
“I am willing to work harder to help the firm succeed” AC4 0.718
“I am proud to be working for my firm” AC5 0.762
Public Service Motivation (PSM) 0.819 0.819 0.601
“I feel motivated to do well as I want to get to a higher position” PSM4 0.603
“I won't be pleased if there is no work promotion” PSM5 0.759
“I'll be more satisfied to know that job promotion is highly available” PSM6 0.816
Fairness (FN): My supervisor/My supervisor’s decisions 0.906 0.906 0.657
“are free of bias or favoritism” FN1 0.701
“allow employees to express their views and concerns” FN2 0.712
“allow employees to appeal the decisions” FN3 0.630
“are based on accurate information” FN4 0.688
“uphold ethical and moral standards” FN5 0.595
Willingness To Report: I feel comfortable reporting… 0.880 0.881 0.712
“ethical problems to upper management” WTR1 0.775
“process problems to upper management” WTR2 0.678
“personal conflict problems to upper management” WTR3 0.651
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