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A Study on the Influence of Ethical Leadership on the Employees' Turnover Intention Jobs with a Focus on the Mediating Effect of Empowerment

윤리적 리더십이 이직의도에 미치는 영향: 임파워먼트의 매개효과를 중심으로

  • Park, Byoung-Gyu (Department of Human Resources Development, Techno-HRD Graduate School, Korea University of Technology & Education) ;
  • Won, Sang-Bong (Department of Human Resources Development, Techno-HRD Graduate School, Korea University of Technology & Education)
  • 박병규 (한국기술교육대학교 테크노인력개발전문대학원 인력개발학) ;
  • 원상봉 (한국기술교육대학교 테크노인력개발전문대학원 인력개발학)
  • Received : 2019.06.12
  • Accepted : 2019.08.02
  • Published : 2019.08.31
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Abstract

Today, companies are enhancing their management transparency by implementing a variety of methods such as adopting a Code of Business Ethics to achieve sustainable management that enables long-term, stable development in a rapidly changing business environment. Management's ethical leadership is the core competence of human capital to secure competitive advantage in any enterprise. This study examined the effect of ethical leadership on employees' turnover intention and the mediating effect of empowerment in the relationship between ethical leadership and employees' turnover intention. The study data were collected from a survey of 304 employees of Seoul and Gyeonggi-based companies from March 6 to March 27, 2019. SPSS 23.0 and AMOS 23.0 were used for data analysis. From the analysis results, first, the leader's ethical leadership has a statistically significant impact on empowerment. Second, the management's ethical leadership has a significant negative influence on employees' turnover intention. Third, empowerment has a negative effect on employees' turnover intention. Fourth, empowerment has a mediating effect on the relationship between the management's ethical leadership and employees' turnover intention.

오늘날 기업은 빠르게 변화하는 경영환경에서 장기적으로 안정적인 발전을 가능하도록 하는 지속가능경영을 달성하기 위해 기업윤리헌장을 채택하고 다양한 방법들을 동원하여 실행함으로써 경영투명성을 강화하고 있다. 즉, 조직 리더의 윤리적 리더십은 기업의 경쟁우위를 확보하기 위한 인적자본의 핵심역량이다. 따라서 본 연구는 조직 내 리더가 발휘하는 윤리적 리더십이 조직구성원의 이직의도에 미치는 영향을 살펴보고, 윤리적 리더십과 이직의도 간의 관계에서 임파워먼트의 매개효과를 검증하고자 한다. 본 연구는 2019년 3월 6일부터 3월 27일까지 서울 경기 소재의 기업 종사자를 대상으로 실시한 304명의 자료를 분석에 사용하였다. 자료 분석은 SPSS 23.0과 AMOS 23.0을 사용하였다. 분석 결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 윤리적 리더십은 임파워먼트에 정(+)의 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났고, 둘째, 리더의 윤리적 리더십은 이직의도에 부(-)의 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 셋째, 임파워먼트는 이직의도에 부(-)의 유의한 영향을 미치는 것으로 나타났다. 넷째, 리더의 윤리적 리더십과 조직구성원 이직의도의 관계에서 임파워먼트는 매개효과가 있음을 입증하였다. 본 연구를 통하여 경영환경에서 리더의 윤리적 리더십의 중요성을 확인하였고, 이직의도를 감소시킬 수 있는 방안으로 임파워먼트의 역할을 알 수 있었다.

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