The Moderating Role of Ethical Leadership in the Relationship between Organizational Politics and Workplace Envy in Hotels

Ahmed Khairy, Hazem; Hafez Mahmoud, Rania; Ahmed Abdulsalam Saeed, Ahmed; Mohamed Hussien, Ismail

doi:10.21608/mfth.2023.318055

The Moderating Role of Ethical Leadership in the Relationship between Organizational Politics and Workplace Envy in Hotels

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

¹ Hotel Management Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, University of Sadat City, Sadat City, Egypt.

² Business Administration Department, Ibn Rushd College for Management Sciences, Saudi Arabia.

10.21608/mfth.2023.318055

Abstract

This study investigates how ethical leadership could combat employees’ perception of organizational politics and workplace envy in five-star hotel enterprises. PLS-SEM was applied to analyze 389 valid responses gathered. WarpPLS 7.0 software was used for data analysis. The results indicated that the perception of organizational politics by employees is positively correlated with workplace envy. Results also indicated a negative relationship between ethical leadership with employees’ perception of organizational politics and workplace envy. Furthermore, the results showed that ethical leadership had a moderating effect and dampened the positive relationship between the perception of organizational politics and workplace envy. The research adds to the theoretical knowledge of ethical leadership, perception of organizational politics, and workplace envy in the context of the hotel industry in Egypt. Practically, the study provides hotel management with recommendations for coping with organizational politics and workplace envy, as well as maximizing the benefits of ethical leadership. There was also a discussion of limitations and potential future study areas.

Keywords