Purpose – Interest in servant leadership has grown exponentially over the past decade as evident in the surge of academic- and practitioner-oriented publications on the subject. While prior research has shown that servant leadership leads to citizenship behavior, no study has explored the ethical pathway as the underlying influence process despite the fact that servant leadership is an ethical approach to leadership. On the basis of social learning theory, the purpose of this paper is to examine psychological ethical climate as a key mediator between servant leadership and citizenship behavior. Design/methodology/approach – Survey data were collected from 123 leader–follower dyads from eight high-performing firms listed on the Indonesian Stock Exchange, and analyzed using multiple regression analysis. Findings – The results showed that the relationship between servant leadership and organizational citizenship behaviors (OCBs) (both for OCBI and OCBO) is mediated by psychological ethical climate. Practical implications – This study demonstrates the value of using a servant leadership approach in order to foster a psychological ethical climate and increase OCBs. As such, the authors highlight the importance of a systematic approach to develop servant leaders in organizations. Originality/value – This research contributes to the understanding of the ethical mechanism that explains the relationship between servant leadership and follower outcomes. Drawing on social learning theory, the findings show that servant leaders are ethical climate architects through their role modeling behaviors and interactions with followers.

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目的–在过去的十年中，对仆人领导力的兴趣成倍增长，从以学术和实践为导向的有关该主题的出版物激增中可以明显看出这一点。尽管先前的研究表明，仆人领导会导致公民行为，但是，尽管事实是仆人领导是领导的道德方法，但没有研究探讨道德途径是潜在的影响过程。基于社会学习理论，本文的目的是考察心理道德氛围，作为仆人领导与公民行为之间的关键中介。设计/方法/方法–调查数据来自印度尼西亚证券交易所上市的八家高绩效公司的123位领导者继任者，并使用多元回归分析进行了分析。研究结果–结果表明，仆人领导与组织公民行为（OCB）之间的关系（对于OCBI和OCBO都是如此）是由心理伦理氛围所介导的。实际意义–这项研究表明了使用仆人式领导方法以培养心理道德氛围和增加OCB的价值。因此，作者强调了一种系统的方法来培养组织中的仆人领导者的重要性。原创性/价值–这项研究有助于理解解释仆人领导与追随者成果之间关系的道德机制。利用社会学习理论，研究结果表明，仆人领袖通过行为建模行为以及与追随者的互动而成为道德的气候建筑师。