Ethical work climate, social trust, and decision-making in Malaysian public administration: The case of MECD Malaysia
This paper examines the role of social trust in influencing ethical work climate and decision-making. Moderated regression analysis was used to analyse the data. A survey was carried out at the Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development (MECD) in Malaysia, and was completed by all 349 empl...
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| Language: | English |
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Institute for Public Administration, Croatian and Comparative Public
2022
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.utm.my/103468/1/NomahazaMahadi2022_EthicalWorkClimateSocialTrust.pdf http://eprints.utm.my/103468/ http://dx.doi.org/10.31297/hkju.22.2.3 |
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| Summary: | This paper examines the role of social trust in influencing ethical work climate and decision-making. Moderated regression analysis was used to analyse the data. A survey was carried out at the Ministry of Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development (MECD) in Malaysia, and was completed by all 349 employees, which permitted a comprehensive overview. We found that company interest, friendship, team play, and personal morality were closely related to increasing social trust (p <0.05). Social trust also mediated a positive impact of company interest, friendship, team play, and personal morality on decision-making with p <0.05. Rules and procedures had no significant impact either on social trust or decision-making. Eight hypotheses were confirmed, while two were rejected. Implications for practice and research are discussed. |
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