From Ethics to Impact: How Ethical Leadership Enhances Faculty Performance through Meaningful Work and Well-being in Public Universities in Vietnam?
摘要
This study explores how ethical leadership impacts faculty performance in Vietnam’s public higher education. Drawing on the Job Demands–Resources model and Social Learning Theory, we tested a sequential mediation model using survey data from 277 faculty. Findings indicate ethical leadership significantly enhances job performance, primarily by fostering a stronger sense of meaningful work. Meaningful work directly improves performance and sequentially enhances well-being, contrary to assumptions of a direct ethical leadership-well-being link. These results emphasize that ethical leadership is a strategic imperative. Leaders should reinforce the meaningfulness of academic roles to cultivate resilient, and high-performing faculty.