5. Conclusion and Discussion
The main target of this study was to assess the effects of some employee work related perceptions and attitudes on their turnover intention which has mostly harmful consequences for organizations. Leadership is an important factor to decrease the turnover rate, and stress another factor that increases it. Specifically in this study we concentrated on the effects of ethical leadership and leader effectiveness perceptions of the employees on their level of stress and the turnover intention.
There are a number of different workplace stressors that ultimately produce stress for employees; since workplaces do and will continue to produce stress, it is necessary for organizations and their managers to find ways to reduce the negative consequences from this felt stress (Zhang and Lee, 2010). The leaders have an important role to diminish thework related stress. Leader behavior has an important affect on employee behavior, such as job satisfaction and organizational commitment (Van Knippenberg et al, 2007). It is essential for leaders to earn the confidence and loyalty of their followers (Aronson, 200 l ). This can be realized thorough ethical leadership and leader effectiveness. Ethical leadership provides employee commitment and loyalty (Trevino et al, 2000). When employees are confident and loyal to their leaders, then the stress related to their work is decreased and they do not have a strong intention to leave their organizations.