scholarly journals Personal Values and Organizational Commitment of Employees and Ethical Climate of Medium Enterprises in Eastern Visayas, Philippines

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Analyn M. Banagbanag ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Personal Values ◽  
Medium Enterprises

Exploring relationships among ethical climate types and organizational commitment

2017 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 20-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Japneet Kaur
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Employee Turnover ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Banking Industry ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Predictive Ability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Three Components

Purpose Indian banking sector is facing a number of challenges, and increasing number of corporate frauds and employee turnover are among the top list. Literature reveals that gaining insights about ethical climate may provide a possible solution and relief from the challenges being faced. This paper aims to contribute to the understanding of the prevalent various ethical climate types in the Indian banking industry. Furthermore, it presents interesting results by investigating the effect of five theorized ethical climate types on organizational commitment along with its three components in the banking sector. Design/methodology/approach This empirical research encompasses a descriptive research design. Sample uses 266 respondents from four prime banks of the Indian banking industry. Findings Statistical analyses unveiled that all five conceptualized ethical climate types are prevalent in the Indian banking industry. However, the perception of employees for caring climate was the highest among all others. In contrast to the results reported by Western studies, this research reveals a strong negative impact of instrumental climate on affective commitment. Furthermore, it has been seen that instrumental climate is a significant predictor for the three components of commitment (affective, continuance and normative). However, it fails to predict the overall organizational commitment construct. Likewise, opposed to findings of Western countries, law and code, rules and independent climate types have shown significant relationship and impact on organizational commitment for Indian banking sector employees. It has been found that different commitment components are predicted by a diverse mix of climate types in India. Practical implications Findings highlight varying strength of relationship and predictive ability of different ethical climate types with commitment. This helps in elucidating that managers and top executives should focus on building an ethical work environment to warrant high-level commitment among employees. Congruence between employee, manager and organizations’ perception of ethics is a pre-requisite for maintaining a long-term relationship among the parties. This study will enable understanding the role of ethical climate in reducing corporate frauds and employee turnover. Originality/value This research addresses a significant gap in literature by exploring the relationship between ethical climate and organizational commitment. The study uses data from the Indian banking industry which contributes to expanding knowledge of the relationship in the Indian context.

scholarly journals Employee Turnover Intention of SMEs: A Case Study in China

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 41-48
Author(s):  
Yixuan Yao ◽  
Hongjun Zeng
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Turnover Intention ◽  
Small And Medium Enterprises ◽  
Employee Turnover Intention ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Confirmatory Factor ◽  
Medium Enterprises ◽  
Internal And External Factors ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Salary Distribution

Through the empirical analysis and test of 2106 valid questionnaires of employees of small and medium enterprises(SMEs) in China, the article presents the influence mechanism of the sense of fairness of salary distribution on employees' turnover intention based on the cross angle of internal and external factors. The theory of organizational commitment and perception of external job opportunities was introduced and applied AMOS 22.0 to conduct confirmatory factor analysis on the scale. Then applies SPSS 23.0 to establish a hierarchical linear regression model to analyze the impact of the fairness of salary distribution on turnover intention and analyze organizational commitment and the mediating and regulating role of external job opportunities. The results indicate that the sense of fairness in salary distribution and organizational commitment can effectively reduce employees' turnover intention, and employees' perceived external job opportunities moderate this inhibition.

scholarly journals Antecedents of organizational commitment of insurance agents: Job satisfaction, ethical behavior, and ethical climate

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 134-149
Author(s):  
Weihui Fu ◽  
Feng He ◽  
Na Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Ethical Behavior ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
The Other ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Insurance Agents ◽  
Ethical Climates ◽  
The Impact

This research explored the impact of job satisfaction, the ethical behavior of coworkers, successful managers, and employees themselves. Also explored were six types of ethical climate on organizational commitment and its three dimensions, including affective, continuance, and normative commitment through an investigation on 476 Chinese insurance agents. The empirical results showed that ethical behavior of coworkers and a caring climate had a significantly positive impact on both organizational commitment and its three dimensions, while independence climate had no significant influence on overall organizational commitment or its three dimensions. Job satisfaction, ethical behavior of successful managers and employees themselves, and the other five types of ethical climates only had a significant impact on organizational commitment or some of its dimensions.

PSYCHOLOGICAL EMPOWERMENT AND ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT: EVİDENCE FROM THE TOURİSM INDUSTRY

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (16) ◽  
pp. 179-188
Author(s):  
Gönül KAYA ÖZBAĞ ◽  
Tülay POLAT ÜZÜMCÜ
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Psychological Empowerment ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Tourism Industry ◽  
Employee Empowerment ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
High Unemployment ◽  
Tourism Sector

Purpose: This study intends to explore the link between psychological empowerment (PE) and organizational commitment (OC) with the data obtained from tourism sector employees in Turkey. Accordingly, the goals of the study are: i) To measure the level of OC (affective, normative and continuance commitment) among employees in the tourism sector in Turkey ii) To measure the level of PE (meaning, competence, self-determination and impact) iii) To examine the relationship between PE and OC. To test the proposed relationship, three hypotheses are developed; H1: PE will have a positive impact on affective commitment. H2: PE will have a positive impact on normative commitment. H3: PE will have a positive impact on continuance commitment. Research Methods: Each variable was measured using a 5-point Likert scale ranging from “strongly disagree” (1) to “strongly agree” (5). PE was measured by 12 items developed from the study of Spreitzer (1995). OC was measured by 9 items developed from the study of Meyer & Allen (1997). The data of the study were obtained both through the questionnaire technique via Google form and face to face interviews. Of the 118 respondents 80(68%) were men, and 38 (32%) were women. The majority of the participants (45%) are ranged in age from 17 to 25 years. Of the participants, %31 have üniversity educations and %46 have been working between 3 and 5 years in the company. The majority of the participants have an income ranging from 4001-6000 ? (Turkish Liras) where the net minimum wage is wage for single people is 2,826 ? ($377) a month. Data from 118 employees have been evaulated by using of the SPSS 20.0 program Results and Discussion: The findings of the study reveal that the level of AC (mean = 3,81), NC (mean = 3,53), and CC (mean = 3,82) is moderate among tourism sector employees. Continuance commitment appears to be the highest of the three components of the OC which is not surprising as the respondents of the survey are from Turkey which has high unemployment rate (13,4 percent in February of 2021). In high unemployment work environments employees are likely to exhibit higher levels of CC because of the higher penalty of job loss. In such environments feelings of job insecurity among employees creates an incentive to embrace their current employment and thus they remain loyal and committed to their organization(Shapiro-Stiglitz, 1984). In terms of the correlations between the variables, the results reveal that all of the variables show significant positive correlations. On the other hand the findings indicate employees in tourism sector felt that they are not empowered enough by their organization (mean = 2,65). that the level. This result suggests that although employee empowerment is proved to be a useful tool, managers are resistant to share their power. Overall, consistent with other studies (Joo et al., 2010; Choong et al., 2011; Rawat, 2011; İbrahim, 2020), findings of the study indicate that PE has positive and significant impacts on AC (ß = .31, p< .01), NC (ß = .26, p< .05), CC (ß = .21, p< .05). Therefore it is evident that there is a need to improve the current situation at tourism companies with respect to all the components of the PE which in turn would enhance OC levels of employees. Implications: This research suggests that employees’ empowerment experiences directly affect their commitment level and thus in order generate high degree of OC, the tourism companies should develop training programs to foster managers in understanding appropriate practices and behavior sets that will enhance employee empowerment. However, it is useful to evaluate the results of the research in consideration of some constraints. First of all, the present study is carried out in Turkish companies in the tourism sector and the sample size is quite small. Therefore, one may debate that generalization of the results is questionable. Future research should observe a broader set of in order to identify if any the differences exist in relation to the characteristics of its industry. Researchers should also look to impact of leadership styles, ethical climate, corporate reputation on OC.

Organizational commitment of public service employees in Ghana: do codes of ethics matter?

2016 ◽  
Vol 83 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 59-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony Sumnaya Kumasey ◽  
Justice Nyigmah Bawole ◽  
Farhad Hossain
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Codes Of Ethics ◽  
Service Organizations ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Continuance Commitment ◽  
Service Employees ◽  
Public Service Organizations ◽  
Ethics Research

One of the most difficult and under-examined issues in the ethics research of developing countries is whether the establishment of codes of ethics in public service organizations leads to employees’ organizational commitment. This study investigates the link between codes of ethics and organizational commitment, as well as its three dimensions of affective, normative and continuance commitment, in Ghanaian public service organizations. Correlational, regression and descriptive statistics were used to study 228 participants conveniently sampled from selected public service organizations within the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. Empirical evidence showed that codes of ethics significantly and positively predicted employees’ organizational commitment, as well as the three dimensions of the affective, normative and continuance commitment of employees. Points for practitioners Codes are intended to educate the general public, and employees in particular, about the mission of an organization, to foster a good ethical climate, and to provide guidance for resolving ethical problems in an organization. To ensure employee commitment to the organization, the codes should be effectively implemented, well communicated and strictly enforced with impartiality; otherwise, the codes will appear merely as ‘cosmetic dressing’ to the organization.

The impact of ethical climate types on nurses’ behaviors in Bosnia and Herzegovina

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (8) ◽  
pp. 922-935 ◽  
Author(s):  
M Sait Dinc ◽  
Alma Huric
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Commitment ◽  
Bosnia And Herzegovina ◽  
Ethical Climate ◽  
Nursing Shortage ◽  
Cover Letter ◽  
Private Hospitals ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Public And Private Hospitals ◽  
Overall Job Satisfaction

Background: The performance of nurses has become vital in hospitals. Some studies have suggested that nurses’ perceptions of the ethical climate in their hospitals are related to higher job satisfaction and organizational commitment and in turn lessen the issue of nursing shortage. Hypothesis: (1) The ethical climate types “caring,” “independent,” “law and code,” and “rules” have a significant positive impact on overall job satisfaction. (2) The ethical climate types and overall job satisfaction have significant positive influences on normative and affective and significant negative influences on continuance commitment. Research design: The study uses path analysis to understand which types of ethical climate impact overall job satisfaction. It also tries to find the effect of different types of ethical climate and overall job satisfaction on the components of organizational commitment. The relationships between variables were evaluated using factor analysis, reliability, descriptive statistics, correlations, and regression in this study. Participants and research context: A total of 171 useful questionnaires were collected from nurses working in public and private hospitals in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Ethical considerations: Formal research approval was obtained from the administration of each study hospital. Questionnaires with a cover letter were mailed to the hospitals that agreed to participate in the study. In the cover letter, the researchers explained the study purpose, encouraged nurses’ voluntary participation, and guaranteed the anonymity of participants. Findings: In the first path analyses, “rules” and “caring” climates significantly and positively affected overall job satisfaction. In the second one, while overall job satisfaction and “rules” climate significantly influenced normative commitment, “caring” climate and overall job satisfaction significantly affected affective commitment. Discussion: The findings of the study have been convenient with the literature. Conclusion: Public and private hospitals can enhance overall job satisfaction and organizational commitment by altering the ethical climate of organizations. Hospital administrations should nurture caring and rule types of ethical climate which influence overall satisfaction. By this way, they could reduce nursing shortage.

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