The Impact of Ethical Work Climate on Organizational Commitment: An Exploratory Study at the College of Education for Women, Tikrit University
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https://doi.org/10.71285/icpt.v3i2.47Ключевые слова:
Ethical Work Climate, Organizational Commitment, College of Education for Women, Tikrit UniversityАннотация
The current study aims to identify the impact of ethical work climate according to its dimensions represented by (laws and procedures climate, caring climate, independence climate, instrumental climate, and rules climate) on organizational commitment according to its dimensions represented by (identity, commitment, loyalty, group, and workplace democracy) at the College of Education for Women, Tikrit University. The study adopted the descriptive-analytical approach to reach its results. A random sample of (103) teaching staff members at the College of Education for Women was surveyed from a population of (200) teaching staff members, and the sample was determined according to Steven Thompson’s formula. The questionnaire was adopted as a tool for collecting the study data from the study sample, and the data were analyzed using the statistical program (SPSS V.24), through which arithmetic means, standard deviations, relative importance, correlation, and effect were extracted, in addition to Hotelling's T2 test to verify the extent to which the teaching staff members perceive the importance of ethical work climate and organizational commitment at the college under study. The study reached several conclusions based on realistic field results, the most important of which was that the results of describing the study variables and their dimensions showed that the laws and procedures climate recorded the highest arithmetic mean, indicating that the teaching staff members (the study sample) comply with work laws and procedures in accordance with occupational ethics, respect management decisions and directives, and also take ethical codes into consideration when implementing laws. The results also showed an effect of the four dimensions of ethical work climate represented by (laws and procedures climate, caring climate, independence climate, and rules climate) on organizational commitment, as employees experience harmony at work, enabling them to perform their duties comfortably and away from unfair pressures, in an environment characterized by independence, paternalistic treatment by the organization’s leadership, and care that meets their requirements and safeguards their rights. The exception is the instrumental climate dimension, which is characterized by its negative effect on organizational commitment due to its orientations that do not enhance the ethical climate. The added value of this study lies in combining ethical climate and organizational commitment within a single analytical framework, thereby contributing to clarifying the impact of the prevailing ethical climate in the work environment on enhancing teaching staff members’ commitment to their college, promoting ethical practices within this college, improving the work environment, and supporting their sense of organizational commitment and stability.
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