Stimulating Organizational Innovativeness through Ethical Leadership Practices: The Mediating Role of Organizational Trust

The paper presents the results of the research in progress that explores the interrelation between ethical leadership and organizational innovativeness, questioning the role of organizational trust in this relationship and arguing that organizational trust strengthens the effect of ethical leadership on positive organizational outcomes. The data analysis from a public organization (n=757) in Lithuania confirm partial mediation of organizational trust in the relationship between ethical leadership and organizational innovativeness.