Employees’ trust in leadership and organizational commitment are the results ethical leadership

Abstract

The study aimed to examine the influence of ethical leadership on employees’ trust in leadership and organizational commitment. To deepen the concepts of the study, literature was reviewed. The study used descriptive assessment and correlational research design. The population of the study was the employees of the Divine Word College of Laoag. The study used validated questionnaires to gather the data. Weighted mean and Pearson r correlation were used to analyze the data. The study found that ethical leadership, employees’ trust and organizational commitment were high and overall, there is a significant correlation between ethical leadership and employees’ trust and organizational commitment. However, there is no correlation between ethical leadership and affective commitment.