Effect of Ethical Leadership on Organizational Commitment: The Mediating Role of Managerial Coaching

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This study examines the mediating role of managerial coaching in the relationship between ethical leadership and subordinates’ organizational commitment. Although ethical leadership is known to enhance organizational commitment, we propose that managerial coaching is a key mechanism through which this influence occurs. The model was tested using survey data from 254 employees across private and public organizations in Kuwait. After establishing construct reliability and validity, structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to assess the hypotheses. Results show that managerial coaching fully mediates the effect of ethical leadership on organizational commitment. Among control variables, education positively predicted commitment, whereas holding a managerial position showed a weak negative effect. The findings highlight managerial coaching as a critical pathway through which ethical leadership fosters employees’ organizational commitment.

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