The Effects of Ethical Climates on Organizational Commitment: A Two-Study Analysis

Although organizational commitment continues to interest researchers because of its positive effects on organizations, we know relatively little about the effects of the ethical context on organizational commitment. As such, we contribute to the organizational commitment field by assessing the effec...

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Published inJournal of business ethics Vol. 46; no. 2; pp. 127 - 141
Main Authors Cullen, John B., Parboteeah, K. Praveen, Victor, Bart
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Dordrecht Kluwer Academic Publishers 01.08.2003
Springer Nature B.V
Subjects
Behavior
Business
Business ethics
Business studies
Climate models
Climatology
Culture
Decision making
Descriptive ethics
Employees
Enterprises
Ethical behavior
Ethical codes
Ethics
Hypotheses
Individual ethics
Moral judgment
Morality
Organization
Organizational behavior
Professionals
Self interest
Social ethics
Social participation
Studies
Values
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Summary:Although organizational commitment continues to interest researchers because of its positive effects on organizations, we know relatively little about the effects of the ethical context on organizational commitment. As such, we contribute to the organizational commitment field by assessing the effects of ethical climates (Victor and Cullen, 1987, 1988) on organizational commitment. We hypothesized that an ethical climate of benevolence has a positive relationship with organizational commitment while egoistic climate is negatively related to commitment. Results supported our propositions for both a benevolent climate and an egoistic climate. We also hypothesized that a principled climate is positively related to organizational commitment for professional workers but has no relationships for nonprofessional workers. Results supported this hypothesis.
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ISSN:0167-4544
1573-0697
DOI:10.1023/A:1025089819456