Reflection on Organizational Ethical Climate of Authentic Leadership Behavior: A Quantitative Study

The main purpose of this research is to examine within the cement sector of the effects on the organizational ethical climate of the authentic leadership of the leadership behaviors, which have recently attracted more attention. The concepts of authentic leadership and organizational ethical climate, which are determined as research variables, are antagonistic as effective components in organizational applications. In this study, by using quantitative research was used method Relational screening model. The study utilized the authentic leadership scale developed by Walumbwa et al. (2008) and the ethical climate scale designed by Victor and Cullen (1998. The study of the universe consists of businesses operating in the cement sector in Turkey. Within this scope, a questionnaire was applied to the employees of a cement factory, which continues its activities in ？zmir province, which is among the leading companies in the sector in terms of production sales and employs 912 people. A total of 131 questionnaires was evaluated during the analysis of the research data. As a result of the analyzes made in line with the aim of the research; Authentic leadership has been found to affect the ethical climate positively and strongly (β = 0.396, p.001) at the 1% significance level. In addition, the relationships between the sub-dimensions of the research variables were analyzed and it was found that the sub-dimensions of the authentic leadership and the sub-dimensions of the ethical climate were significantly related. The research also suggests that authentic leadership can be effective in meeting the social expectations of the society, including beliefs and politics of ethics and organizations, especially in high ethical performance exhibitions