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ABSTRACT:

The voice of the employee is change-oriented communication and aims to improve the situation. This study aims to determine the effect of ethical leadership on employee voice behavior with affective communication as mediation. The population in this study were employees of the Bank Mandiri Financial Institution, which is one of the leading financial institutions in Indonesia. Data was collected using a purposive sample of 250 respondents, and Smart PLS was used to test the proposed model. The results of the analysis show that ethical leadership has a positive and significant effect on employee voice behavior. Ethical leadership is proven to have a positive and significant effect on affective commitment. Affective commitment is proven to have a positive and significant effect on employee voice behavior. And affective commitment as a mediation is able to mediate ethical leadership on the sound behavior of employee.

KEYWORDS:

Ethical Leadership, Affective Commitment, Voice Employee Behavior

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