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Title: LinkingEthicalPositionsandOrganizationalCommitment:TheMediating
RoleofJobSatisfaction.
Authors: Jha,JatinderKumar1jatinderkj@iimahd.emet.in
Pandey,Jatin1jatinp@iimahd.ernet.in
Source: SouthAsianJournalofManagement.OctDec2015,Vol.22Issue4,p63
84.22p.
DocumentType: Article
SubjectTerms: *JOBsatisfaction
*ORGANIZATIONALcommitment
*WORKethic
IDEALISM
MORALrelativism
DEONTOLOGICALethics
AuthorSuppliedKeywords: Deontology
Ethicalposition
JobSatisfaction
OrganizationalCommitment
Teleology
Abstract: Thispaperinvestigatestheindependenteffectoftwodimensions
(idealismandrelativism)ofethicalpositionsonorganizational
commitmentwithjobsatisfactionasamediator.Ethicalideologyis
supposedtoimpacttheethicaljudgmentofanindividualinbusiness
contexts.Burgeoningbusinessscamshaveurgedtheresearchersto
exploretheimpactoftheindividualdifferencesinethicalideologyon
organizationaloutcomes.Existingliteraturesuggeststhatindividualshigh
onidealismbelieveinuniversalmoralprinciplesandavoidchoosingthose
optionsthatinvolveharmingothers,butindividualshighonrelativismtry
todefytheseuniversalmoralprinciplesandbelieveinrelativeethical
judgments.Theargumentsinthisstudyaregroundedondeontological
andteleologicaltheories.Thisstudyhypothesizesthatidealistsrelymore
ondeontologicalconsiderationsandrelativistsrelymoreonteleological
considerationsforethicaljudgments.SocialExchangeTheoryhasbeen
employedtoexplaintheeffectofethicalpositionsofanindividualon
his/herorganizationalcommitment.Datacollectionwasdonefrom105
professionalsemployedindifferentsectorsandinvariousorganizationsin
India.Hierarchicalregresswnwasusedtotestthehypotheses.Itwas
foundthatjobsatisfactionmediatedtherelationshipbetweenethical
positions(idealismandrelativism)andorganizationalcommitment.The
resultsconfirmedthenegativerelationshipofidealismandthepositive
relationshipofrelativismwithjobsatisfactionandorganizational
commitment.Theimplicationsfortheoryandpracticearediscussed.
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AuthorAffiliations:

IndianInstituteofManagementAhmedabad,Dorm29,Roomno.09,
Vastrapur,NewCampus,IIMAhmedabad,Ahmedabad380015,India

ISSN: 09715428
AccessionNumber: 113309677
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