The Role of Empowering Leadership in Shaping Ethical Climate and Culture, Self-Aspects, and Team Effectiveness in Healthcare Institutions
1Şebnem YÜCEL *, Demet AKARÇAY-ULUTAŞ **, Recep YÜCEL ***, Havva Nur ATALAY **** and Mustafa Z. YOUNIS ***** Department of Healthcare Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Selcuk University, Konya, Türkiye, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.* Department of Social Work, Faculty of Economics, Administrative and Social Sciences, KTO Karatay University, Konya, Türkiye, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.** Department of Business Management, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Kırıkkale University, Kırıkkale, Türkiye, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.*** Department of Healthcare Management, Faculty of Health Sciences, Bandırma Onyedi Eylul University, Balıkesir, Türkiye, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. **** Department of Healthcare Management, Jackson State University, School of Public Health, Mississippi, United States of America, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.*****
Abstract: : The primary aim of this research is to examine the role of ethical climate and culture, along with self-aspect, in understanding the relationship between perceived empowering leadership and team effectiveness in the healthcare context. The research explores the indirect influence of ethical climate and culture on the connection between empowering leadership and team effectiveness. Data were obtained from 795 healthcare professionals randomly selected for testing the research model developed according to quantitative research procedures. The study's main findings suggest a relationship between individuals' perceptions of empowering leadership style and their self, relational self, and collective self. Moreover, the study's findings support the idea that empowering leadership may foster the development of collective identity norms by encouraging individuals to assume greater roles within the organization. Empowering leadership enhanced team performance and significantly influenced ethical climate and culture.
This leadership style may indirectly enhance team effectiveness by fostering ethical values and organizational culture. These findings provide important insights into understanding the complex interactions between leadership styles, individuals' self-aspects, and ethical climate and culture. The current study contributes to the development of more effective leadership, team performance, and leader-member interaction strategies, thereby fostering a more effective working environment in healthcare institutions.
Keywords: Empowering Leadership, Team Effectiveness, Three Aspects of the Self (relational, individual, collective), Ethical Climate and Culture.
