. The Effect of Ethical Leadership on the Work Performance of Employees

The study aimed to determine the effect of ethical leadership on the individual work performance of employees. To deepen the concept of the study and establish theories of the study, literature was reviewed. The study used a descriptive assessment and correlational research design. The population of the study was all the employees of the Divine Word College of Laoag and the data were gathered through research questionnaires. To analyze the data, the weighted mean and Pearson r correlation was used. The results suggest that ethical leadership is significantly correlated with the task performance and counterproductive work behavior and no correlation with the contextual performance