From employees' point of view, changes in ethical leadership perceptions can signal important changes in the nature of the employment relationship. Guided by social exchange theory, this study proposes that changes in ethical leadership perceptions shape how employees appraise their exchange relationship with the organization and affect their pride in or contempt for the organization. Changes in these associative/dissociative emotions, in turn, precipitate changes in behaviors that serve or hurt the organization, notably voice and turnover. Experimental data collected from 900 subjects (Study 1) and field data collected from 470 employees across 4 waves over 14 months (Study 2) converged to show that changes in ethical leadership perceptions were related to same-direction changes in employees' pride in the organization and to opposite-direction changes in their contempt for the organization above and beyond the effect of the present ethical leadership level. Changes in pride were in turn related to same-direction changes in functional voice, whereas changes in contempt were related to same-direction changes in dysfunctional voice. The field study also provided evidence that when pride increased (decreased), employees were less (more) likely to leave the organization 6 months after. These results suggest that changes in ethical leadership perceptions are meaningful on their own, that they may alter employees' organization-targeted behaviors, and that changes in associative/dissociative emotions are the mediating mechanism. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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道德领导观念的变化：对联想和分离结果的影响。

从员工的角度来看，道德领导观念的变化可能标志着雇佣关系性质的重要变化。本研究以社会交换理论为指导，提出道德领导观念的变化塑造了员工如何评价他们与组织的交换关系，并影响他们对组织的自豪感或蔑视。反过来，这些联想/分离情绪的变化会促使服务或伤害组织的行为发生变化，尤其是话语权和人员流动。从 900 名受试者收集的实验数据（研究 1）和从 470 名员工收集的 470 名员工在 14 个月内收集的数据（研究 2）汇合，表明道德领导观念的变化与员工的同向变化有关。对组织的自豪感以及他们对组织的蔑视的相反方向变化超出了当前道德领导水平的影响。骄傲的变化反过来与功能性声音的同向变化有关，而蔑视的变化与功能障碍声音的同向变化有关。实地研究还提供证据表明，当自豪感增加（减少）时，员工在 6 个月后离开组织的可能性降低（增加）。这些结果表明，道德领导观念的变化本身是有意义的，它们可能会改变员工的组织目标行为，而联想/分离情绪的变化是中介机制。（PsycInfo 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。