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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Main Authors: Sri Langgeng Ratnasari, Sri Langgeng Ratnasari, Mahadi, Nomahaza, Nordin, Nur Anis, Darma, Dio Caisar
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spelling my.utm.1034682023-11-14T06:09:07Z http://eprints.utm.my/103468/ Ethical work climate, social trust, and decision-making in Malaysian public administration: The case of MECD Malaysia Sri Langgeng Ratnasari, Sri Langgeng Ratnasari Mahadi, Nomahaza Nordin, Nur Anis Darma, Dio Caisar HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare 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. Institute for Public Administration, Croatian and Comparative Public 2022 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/103468/1/NomahazaMahadi2022_EthicalWorkClimateSocialTrust.pdf Sri Langgeng Ratnasari, Sri Langgeng Ratnasari and Mahadi, Nomahaza and Nordin, Nur Anis and Darma, Dio Caisar (2022) Ethical work climate, social trust, and decision-making in Malaysian public administration: The case of MECD Malaysia. Croatian and Comparative Public Administration, 22 (2). pp. 289-312. ISSN 1848-0357 http://dx.doi.org/10.31297/hkju.22.2.3 DOI : 10.31297/hkju.22.2.3
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topic HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
spellingShingle HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare
Sri Langgeng Ratnasari, Sri Langgeng Ratnasari
Mahadi, Nomahaza
Nordin, Nur Anis
Darma, Dio Caisar
Ethical work climate, social trust, and decision-making in Malaysian public administration: The case of MECD Malaysia
description 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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author Sri Langgeng Ratnasari, Sri Langgeng Ratnasari
Mahadi, Nomahaza
Nordin, Nur Anis
Darma, Dio Caisar
author_facet Sri Langgeng Ratnasari, Sri Langgeng Ratnasari
Mahadi, Nomahaza
Nordin, Nur Anis
Darma, Dio Caisar
author_sort Sri Langgeng Ratnasari, Sri Langgeng Ratnasari
title Ethical work climate, social trust, and decision-making in Malaysian public administration: The case of MECD Malaysia
title_short Ethical work climate, social trust, and decision-making in Malaysian public administration: The case of MECD Malaysia
title_full Ethical work climate, social trust, and decision-making in Malaysian public administration: The case of MECD Malaysia
title_fullStr Ethical work climate, social trust, and decision-making in Malaysian public administration: The case of MECD Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed Ethical work climate, social trust, and decision-making in Malaysian public administration: The case of MECD Malaysia
title_sort ethical work climate, social trust, and decision-making in malaysian public administration: the case of mecd malaysia
publisher Institute for Public Administration, Croatian and Comparative Public
publishDate 2022
url http://eprints.utm.my/103468/1/NomahazaMahadi2022_EthicalWorkClimateSocialTrust.pdf
http://eprints.utm.my/103468/
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