Abstract:
Aim: The paper purpose is to assess the impact of ethical leadership on
administrative innovation in insurance sector through the mediating factor of
knowledge process capability
Data Sources: This study exercised a standardized survey used as a data
collection mechanism. Based on the proposed model, the study used two separate
data prepared and distributed to employees working in public sector life insurers,
i.e., LIC of India: one for followers, branch managers, and assistant managers.
The survey scales related to ethical leadership were collected from the employees.
At the same time, items used to measure knowledge process capability and
administrative innovation was collected from the branch managers and assistant
branch managers.
Sampling: The study used both purposive non-probability sampling to select
sample branches, and simple random sampling to go for respondents of ethical
leadership scale were used. The target populace of this study was the permanent
employees of LIC of India, with a total of 68 branches and a total population size
of 2067 (1700 employees and 367 managers, assistant managers, and chief
managers). The total sample size was 367 since the total manager category
employees were 367. The sample size was restricted to 367 and distributed the
questionnaire copy was to get the responses. Out of 367 distributed
questionnaires, only 355 responses were generated from manager-level category
employees and sub-ordinate employees
Findings: The study originated ethical leadership positively impacts
administrative innovation through knowledge process capability. The knowledge
process capability significantly influences administrative innovation optimistically. Furthermore, knowledge process capability has a partial mediation
role in the association between ethical leadership and administrative innovation
Implications: This study offers a theoretical frame; if one calls it a window, the
first encourage our insight over high order moral or ethical leadership and its dent
over knowledge process augmentation and new ways for the structural frame for
day-to-day function. Secondly, this work pioneering in a way bring out ways to
bring in capacity to steer for knowledge and put to use well all the time. As the
contour profit seeing organizations are the same, insurers benefiting from the idea
is familiar. Thirdly, a new insight of this work is KPC helps in transferring good
outcomes of innovations in administration aided by ethical leadership.
