Abstract:
This study investigated the effect of organizational justice as an antecedent of ethical leadership, and tested the
effect of ethical leadership on team members’ commitment for team and voice behavior. An empirical study was conducted
on 1,057 individuals from 156 teams in 5 Korean companies. As expected, team leaders’ ethical leadership had a positive
effect on team members’ commitment for team and voice behavior. In addition, distributive, informational, and interpersonal
justice were identified as important antecedents of ethical leadership except for procedural justice. Based on these results, the
study offers a profound discussion on practical implications of the effect of team leaders’ ethical leadership and
organizational justice for Korean companies and team managers.
