Understanding the effects of perceived ethics failure,compassionate leadership,and communication strategy on anti-government sentiment |
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| Authors: | Soojin Kim Lisa Tam Seung Bach |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences School of Communication, University of Technology Sydney, Ultimo, New South Wales, Australia;2. School of Advertising, Marketing and Public Relations, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia;3. California State University at Sacramento, Sacramento, California |
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| Abstract: | 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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