Ethical Leadership and Employees’ Performance: A Systematic Review

Abstract

This study adopted the systematic literature review to explore on the influence of ethical leadership on the employees’ performance. The study involved various empirical articles published between the year 2012 and 2022.these studies were retrieved through exhaustive manual searches of online databases using “ethical leadership” and “employee performance” and “job performance” keywords. The study did not find a consensus definition of ethical leadership in the literature.  Brown et al.'s definition of ethical leadership has been largely used. The developed measurements did not explicitly address all aspects of ethical leadership. While three distinct survey questions were used to quantitatively analyze the ethical leadership, the Ethical Leadership Scale developed by Brown et al., is the most effective questionnaire. Finally, Ethical Leadership has been found to have a favorable impact on workers' performance. Based on the conclusions, future scholars ought to put up a comprehensive definition of ethical leadership that takes into account various factors. Furthermore, future scholars ought to develop a comprehensive measuring instrument for ethical leadership that takes into account various relevant factors. Finally, research on ethical leadership ought to be done in various nations.