the Relationship between Ethics Institutionalization with Quality of Work Life, Organizational Commitment, and Job Satisfaction

Authors
Arian Gholipor 1
Neda Rajabani 2
Arian Gholipor 1
Mohamad Ghafari 3
1 Professor, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 Ph.D. student, Faculty of Management, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
3 . Ph.D. student, Department of Management, Faculty of Administrative Sciences and Economics, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran
Abstract
Nowadays, ethics and ethical issues are considered as one of the most important issues in the workplaces. Respecting ethics not only provides many benefits for organization, but also it is considered as one of the criteria of organizational success. Regarding to importance of ethical issues and their role in the organizational success, the purpose of this study is to study the relationship between ethics institutionalization and quality of work life, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment. This study is a practical research from purpose view and is a descriptive-survey from methodological perspective. The statistical population of this study includes all of the technical and official employees of Isfahan Sepahan Lole-Porofil Company. A sample of 142 employees was selected from this population through convenience sampling method. A questionnaire has been used for collecting the research data. In order to examine validity of the questionnaire, its face and content validity has been examined and also Cronbach’s Alpha Coefficient has been used for examining reliability. Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) has been used for analyzing research data and testing the hypotheses. The results of this study revealed that there is a significant relationship between ethics institutionalization with quality of work life, job satisfaction, and organizational commitment.
Keywords
Ethics
Quality of work life
Job Satisfaction
Organizational Commitment
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Organizational Resources Management Researches
Volume 4, Issue 2
September 2014
Pages 25-41