The Relationship between Ethical Leadership and Employee Innovative Behavior: The Mediating Role of Personality Traits

The organization must rely on new approaches and ways to succeed in current environments. One of these methods is to improve ethical leadership behavior to create a more expressive and productive work environment. Employee innovative behavior is a key factor contributing to businesses' long-term survival and growth. This study focuses on the impact of ethical leadership on the link between employee innovative behavior and considering personality as a mediator. Data were collected from 220 employees in the construction industry. The data were analyzed using partial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) to assess the measurement and structural models. The study findings show that ethical leadership has a significant positive influence on employee innovative behavior. Personality mediates the relationship between ethical leadership and employee innovative behavior. This study has implications for officials who desire to identify and promote leadership techniques that encourage employee innovative behavior. By understanding the significance of ethical leadership, management can improve from this study, which can assist in strengthening and developing essential employee innovative behavior, which can eventually have a beneficial effect on organizational performance. This research provides a significant practical impact on construction industry management executives. Additionally, this research contributed to the literature for scholars concentrating on the outcomes of ethical leadership.