Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine direct and indirect effects of organisational justice on morale and virtuousness through transformational leadership and workplace gossip. An online questionnaire was used to purposively sample 385 participants from the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry in India for this study. Important predictors of organisational virtue were identified, including workplace gossip, transformational leadership, and organisational justice. The results of the study showed a strong correlation between virtue and organisational justice. Three significant additions are revealed: Firstly, managers who possess transformational leadership skills in addition to a grasp of organisational virtuousness can foster growth in both the company and its employees. 2) Promoting office gossips that are in line with moral principles creates a happy work atmosphere and improves employee output. 3) A greater understanding of organizational justice and virtuousness enhances wellbeing, which leads to improved productivity at work. There is a considerable correlation in the Indian pharmaceutical sector between workplace gossip, virtuousness, transformational leadership, and organisational justice. The latter two serve as mediators between virtuousness and justice. Business and workforce growth are facilitated by transformational leadership that cultivates organisational virtuousness. Creating an ethically sound and equitable workplace improves wellbeing and increases output. By identifying workplace gossip and transformational leadership as mediators between organisational justice and virtuousness in India’s pharmaceutical manufacturing sector, this study enhances the applicability across industries and contributes to the management literature.
Keywords: Organisational justice, organisational virtuousness, transformational leadership, workplace gossip, pharmaceutical sector.