윤리적 리더십과 직무 만족/불만족의 관계: 심리적 주인의식의 매개효과

초록

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of ethical leadership on job satisfaction and the mediating role of psychological ownership between ethical leadership and satisfaction. Two major questions were raised: 1) What are the effects of ethical leadership and psychological ownership on satisfaction and dissatisfaction? and 2) How does psychological ownership mediate the relationship between ethical leadership and job satisfaction and dissatisfaction? Reviewing earlier studies that explored an intriguing link between ethical leadership, psychological ownership, and satisfaction/dissatisfaction, this study built some hypotheses. Data were collected using surveys from low- and middle-level public employees of the Seoul Metropolitan Government and North Jeolla Province. The final valid sample of 594 questionnaires was selected after some responses were removed, including unanswered questions. The results showed that ethical leadership and psychological ownership had a positive effect on job satisfaction but a negative effect on dissatisfaction. Psychological ownership was found to play a role as a significant mediating variable: it significantly increased the impact of ethical leadership on job satisfaction but reduced that of ethical leadership on dissatisfaction. The implications of these findings and directions of future research are suggested. This study contributes to expanding studies on the relationship between ethical leadership and job satisfaction and dissatisfaction and to advancing the understanding of psychological ownership, which has been less explored in the Korean public sector.

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