Work Deviant Behavior-Employee Engagement: An Empirical Investigation of the Role of Ethical Leadership of Indian Middle Level Managers

Purpose-The paper intends to study the relationship between work deviant behavior and employee engagement as well as the moderating role of Ethical leadership on the relationship in non-western world.

Design/methodology/approach-200 middle level managers were surveyed to study work deviant-employee engagement relationship and the moderating role of ethical leadership on the stated relationship.

Findings-The study found that both the variables i.e., work deviant behavior and ethical leadership was significantly related to employee engagement and ethical leadership moderated positively and significantly work deviant-employee engagement relationship.

Research limitations/implications-The present study constituted a relatively small number of regions belonging only to Delhi-NCR region.

Originality/value-The study is novel of its kind in the sense little work has been done on these dimensions in Indian context.