RT Article
T1 Positive Job Response and Ethical Job Performance
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 91
IS 2
SP 195
OP 206
A1 Valentine, Sean
A1 Varca, Philip
A1 Godkin, Lynn
A1 Barnett, Tim
LA English
PB Springer Science + Business Media B. V
YR 2010
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1785671502
AB Although many studies have linked job attitudes and intentions to aspects of in-role and extra-role job performance, there has been relatively little attention given to such job responses in the context of employees’ ethical/unethical behavior. The purpose of this study was to investigate a possible relationship between positive job response (conceptualized as job satisfaction and intention to stay) and behavioral ethics. Ninety-two matched manager-employee pairs from a regional branch of a large financial services and banking firm completed survey instruments, with each employee providing information about his or her job attitudes and intentions and each manager assessing the ethical/unethical performance of his/her employees. Respondents also provided additional information required for our analyses. The results indicated that positive job response among subordinates was associated with higher supervisory ratings of the subordinates’ ethical job performance. The managerial implications of the findings for managing ethical behavior are explored.
K1 intention to stay
K1 Job satisfaction
K1 ethical judgments
K1 Ethical Reasoning
K1 Business Ethics
K1 ethical decision-making
DO 10.1007/s10551-009-0077-1