Corporate Ethical Values and Altruism: The Mediating Role of Career Satisfaction

Abstract

corporate ethical values, career satisfaction, altruism, citizenship,

Charismatic Leadership and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: the Mediating Role of Ethical Climate

“…This finding is consistent with that of Leung (2008), who found a positive relationship between OCB and a principled ethical climate characterized by rule and law-and-code. Valentine, Godkin, Fleischman, Kidwell, and Page (2011) emphasized the important role of OCB, and specifically altruism, when managing ethical principles, codes, and procedures.…”

The effect of ethical climate and employees' organizational citizenship behavior on U.S. fashion retail organizations' sustainability performance

“…Victor and Cullen (1988) define ethical climate as "employees' shared perceptions of what is ethically correct behavior and how ethical issues should be handled" (pp.51-52). Ethical practices not only comply with legal standards of conduct, but also conform to the general ethical values of the community at large (Valentine et al, 2011). These norms also affect institutional behavioral systems, which become shared perceptions of organizational signals and ethical decision-making behaviors among employees (Martin & Cullen, 2006).…”

“…Ethical climate has been emphasized in the literature as one of the key antecedents of OCB, and such behavior can enhance the overall nature of the workplace (Valentine, Godkin, Fleischman, Kidwell, & Page, 2011). Although previous research argues that attitudinal variables, such as employee satisfaction and organizational commitment, are potential antecedents of OCB, researchers also argue that OCB is related to context-based factors, such as ethical climate and cooperative norms, which may lead to increased citizenship behaviors (Valentine et al, 2011). When employees perceive an ethical climate exists within their working environment, they are likely to promote positive organizational performance among one another and thus develop greater OCB (Newman, Nielsen, & Miao, 2015).…”

Mediating Roles of Corporate Goal-Setting, Goal-Orientation and Corporate Ethical Values on Work Attitudes of Bank Employees

“…It contains five items in a 5-point Likert type scale having responses ranging from 1 = Strongly disagree to 5 = Strongly agree. This scale has been repeatedly used by many researchers have been concerned with corporate ethical values in different organizations (e.g., Baker, Hunt, & Andrew, 2006;Valentine & Barnett, 2007;Valentine, Godkin, Fleischman, Kidwell, & Page, 2011 (Alluto, Hrebiniak, & Alonzo, 1973;Becker, 1960;Buchanan, 1974). A factor analysis carried out by the developers indicated a unidimensional structure which provides evidence of its construct validity.…”