• K Michele Kacmar, Daniel G Bachrach, Kenneth J Harris, and Suzanne Zivnuska.
• The University of Alabama, Management and Marketing Department, Culverhouse College of Commerce and Business Administration, Box 870225, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0225, USA. mkacmar@cba.ua.edu
• J Appl Psychol. 2011 May 1; 96 (3): 633-42.

AbstractConsidering the implications of social exchange theory as a context for social role behavior, we tested relations between ethical leadership and both person- and task-focused organizational citizenship behavior and examined the roles played by employee gender and politics perceptions. Although social exchange theory predicts that ethical leadership is positively associated with citizenship, social role theory predicts that the nature of this relationship may vary on the basis of gender and politics perceptions. Results from data collected from 288 supervisor-subordinate dyads indicate that the pattern of male versus female employees' citizenship associated with ethical leadership depends significantly on their perceptions of politics. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.

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