Employees’ Perception Of Supervisor's Ethical Leadership Behavior in Public Universities of Ethiopia located in Amhara Region

The purpose of this study was to assess the level of Supervisor's ethical leadership behavior and practice based on the perception of employee's in the public universities of Ethiopia located in Amhara Region. Descriptive survey research design with quantitative method was employed for it fits the purpose of the study. Data was collected from staff in the sample public universities. Accordingly, 425 staff participated in the study. Stratified random sampling was used to determine the proportion of the respondents. Convenience method was mainly used to distribute the Questionnaires for the respondents. Among the data analysis tools t-test and ANOVA were used to analyze the data. In the sampled public universities the leaders practice leadership in a less moderate manner. The result indicated that the supervisor's ethical leadership behavior and practice are less moderate. Employees’ perception of their leader's ethical leadership behavior did not vary based on their gender, work experience, and educational level. Hence, it is suggested that academic leaders in the public universities need to provide regular ethical leadership training and development opportunities at each management level for its leaders. Moreover, the public universities have to establish ethical leadership centers that conduct regular conference and experience sharing with other similar institutes.