Abstract:

The purpose of this research is to determine the instrumental effect of the employee’s constructive voice-out behavior in the relationship between ethical leadership and the intention to leave the job. The study’s sample consists of 204 employees working in the food and beverage department of five-star hotel companies located in the Girne region of the Northern Cyprus Turkish Republic. Before testing the model and the hypotheses of the research, an explanatory and verifying factor analysis was carried out in order to reveal the validity of the scales used in the research. After validity was provided, a structural equality model was used for the test of the hypotheses. According to the findings, ethical leadership has been shown to have an impact on the employee’s intention to leave and the constructive sounding behavior. According to this conclusion, in the framework of the research, employees assess ethical leadership as an element that affects both constructive sounding behaviors and the intention to leave the job. As a result of the analysis aimed at determining the instrumental role of the employee’s constructive sounding behavior, it has been found that the constructive sounding behavior has a complete instrumental effect in relation to ethical leadership and the intention to leave the job.