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The Organizational Bases of Ethical Work Climates.
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Victor, Bart; Cullen, John B. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1988
Using a modified measure of ethical climates, this paper presents evidence (from a survey of 872 employees of 4 firms) that ethical work climates are both multidimensional and multidetermined. Organizations have distinct types of ethical climate varying by position, tenure, and work group membership. Five empirically derived ethical climate…
Descriptors: Ethics, Job Satisfaction, Moral Values, Organizational Climate
Structural Relationships, Job Characteristics, and Worker Satisfaction and Performance.
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Brass, Daniel J. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1981
Results of a survey of employees at a Midwestern newspaper company indicate that job characteristics mediate the relationships between the organization's structural context and the attitudes and behavior of individual employees. (Author/RW)
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Group Structure, Industrial Structure, Job Satisfaction
Organizational Structure of Multinational Banks in Hong Kong from a Culture-Free Perspective.
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Birnbaum, Philip H.; Wong, Gilbert Y. Y. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1985
This study examines culture-free and culture-bound hypotheses used to explain organizational structures. A survey of Hong Kong Chinese managerial employees in 20 multinational banks examined work satisfaction with relation to organizational structure, controlling for job structure and individual attributes. Findings generally supported the…
Descriptors: Centralization, Foreign Countries, Horizontal Organization, Job Satisfaction
Personal and Role-Related Factors in the Development of Organizational Commitment
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Hrebiniak, Lawrence G.; Alutto, Joseph A. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1972
An empirical study of 318 elementary and secondary school teachers and 395 registered nurses examines the relationship between personal and role-related factors and commitment to the employing organization. Results of multivariate tests indicated that levels of tension and number of years experience are the most important variables explaining…
Descriptors: Job Satisfaction, Motivation, Nurses, Organizational Climate
Relationships between Office Characteristics and Employee Reactions: A Study of the Physical Environment.
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Oldham, Greg R.; Rotchford, Nancy L. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1983
Data collected from 114 clerical employees in 19 offices related objective office characteristics to employee attitudes and behaviors by focusing on interpersonal, job-related, and environmental dynamics. (JW)
Descriptors: Employee Attitudes, Interior Design, Interior Space, Job Satisfaction
A Comparison of Halpin and Croft's Organizational Climates and Likert and Likert's Organizational Systems
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Hall, John W. – Administrative Science Quarterly, 1972
This study is concerned with the relationship between Halpin and Croft's organizational climates as classified by the Organizational Climate Description Questionnaire and Likert and Likert's organizational systems as classified by the teacher form of the Profile of a School Questionnaire. The positively significant relationship found between these…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Educational Administration, Educational Environment, Organizational Climate