Employees working under conscientious leadership perceive their leaders as ethical leaders. This study investigates the conscientiousness of leaders as an essential trait of ethical leadership and the relationship between ethical leadership and employee-turnover intention. Additionally, we study the potential mediating roles of the individual-level ethical climate (self-interest, friendship, and personal morality) as well as the level of employees’ emotional exhaustion that contribute to the decision-making process of turnover intention. Building on social learning and social exchange theories, outcomes from nine industrial manufacturing organizations comprising 260 subordinates’ responses show that leaders’ conscientiousness is positively related to ethical leadership and negatively associated with employees’ turnover intention. Consistent with this hypotheses, results found that, in an individual-level ethical climate, employees experience diminished emotional exhaustion. The relationships are found to mediate between ethical leadership and turnover intention in manufacturing organizations. Additionally, it was also found that individual-level ethical climates cause a relatively positive impact on employees’ emotional exhaustion leading them to lower turnover intention.

The rising prevalence of depression among teenagers in Malaysia as well as globally makes it a vital issue to study. The purpose of this research is to examine the effects of social connection and self-perceived depression towards the improved mental wellbeing of the teenagers of Malaysia. Moreover, the mediating role of self-perceived depression on the improvement of the mental wellbeing of teenagers is examined in this study. This study followed a questionnaire-based approach. The sample of this study included 289 students aged between 15 and 19 years from Klang Valley, Malaysia. Prior permission was obtained from school authorities as well as from parents to allow their children to participate in the survey. To find out the structural relationship between the variables, PLS-SEM was utilized. This study finds that stronger social connections with family and friends may result in reduced self-perceived depression among Malaysian teenagers. Moreover, self-perceived depression among the teenagers surveyed had a negative effect on their improved mental wellbeing. The findings of this study will significantly affect how depression theories are currently understood and have consequences for social work, services, and policy interventions regarding teenagers in Malaysia.

Women’s financial inclusion and entrepreneurial aspirations are central to achieving sustainable and balanced economic development. Therefore, in this study we examine how knowledge (KN), subjective norms (SN), attitude (ATT), perceived complexity (PC), and relative advantage (RA) influence the adoption of Islamic microfinance (AIM) through mediating factor social system norms (SSN). Using the structural equation model (SEM) via SmartPLS, we evaluated eleven hypotheses, with primary data collected from 384 female entrepreneurs. Using innovation diffusion theory (IDT) and theory of planned behavior (TPB), the study finds that KN, SN, and RA significantly and directly affect the social system norms. In addition, KN, SN, RA, and SSN substantially contribute to AIM. The effect of KN and SN on AIM is substantial and is mediated through SSN. By screening how social construction significantly influences women’s microfinance borrowing behavior, we add to the standing body of literature on Islamic finance. It delivers practical insights for policymakers and microfinance organizations on how to raise consciousness, implement policies that improve social acceptance, and disseminate information to improve women’s access to Islamic microfinance.