Understanding the effects of perceived ethics failure, compassionate leadership, and communication strategy on anti-government sentiment

Publication Type:
Journal Article
Citation:
Journal of Public Affairs, 2018, 18 (4)
Issue Date:
2018-11-01
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© 2018 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. This study conceptualizes anti-government sentiment and tests the relationships between anti-government sentiment and three antecedents (i.e., ethics failure, compassionate leadership, and communication strategy). An online survey (n = 1,112) was conducted in South Korea. Exploratory factor analysis with principal component analysis and confirmatory factor analysis was conducted on the measures proposed for anti-government sentiment. The hypotheses were tested using structural equation modeling. Results show that publics' perceptions of the government's ethics failure, lack of compassionate leadership, and use of a buffering strategy for communication are positively related to their anti-government sentiment toward the incumbent government.
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