Abstract
This research aimed to assess the potential of alternatives to extrinsic pecuniary rewards for cultivating employees’ commitment
in denominational higher education institutions in Indonesia. Two ethics-related variables, namely ethical climates and ethical
ideologies, were chosen as possible predictors. A model delineating the nexus between ethical climates types, ethical ideologies,
and various forms of organisational commitment was developed and tested. A two-step structural equation modelling procedure
was used as the primary means in testing the hypothesised relationships. The research involved staff of nine Catholic higher
education institutions in Indonesia and comprised 642 respondents. Results of the research revealed a negative relationship
between egoistic climates and affective commitment. Benevolence climate was shown to have potential for generating not only
affective, but also continuance commitment. However, our results suggested those climates that cultivate continuance commitment
needed further examination. Principle-based climates were found to positively influence staff’s affective commitment through
their positive impacts on staff’s idealistic ethical ideology. As expected, the principle-cosmopolitan was shown to have a
negative influence on relativism. A number of managerial and scholarly implications are discussed.
in denominational higher education institutions in Indonesia. Two ethics-related variables, namely ethical climates and ethical
ideologies, were chosen as possible predictors. A model delineating the nexus between ethical climates types, ethical ideologies,
and various forms of organisational commitment was developed and tested. A two-step structural equation modelling procedure
was used as the primary means in testing the hypothesised relationships. The research involved staff of nine Catholic higher
education institutions in Indonesia and comprised 642 respondents. Results of the research revealed a negative relationship
between egoistic climates and affective commitment. Benevolence climate was shown to have potential for generating not only
affective, but also continuance commitment. However, our results suggested those climates that cultivate continuance commitment
needed further examination. Principle-based climates were found to positively influence staff’s affective commitment through
their positive impacts on staff’s idealistic ethical ideology. As expected, the principle-cosmopolitan was shown to have a
negative influence on relativism. A number of managerial and scholarly implications are discussed.
- Content Type Journal Article
- Pages 1-18
- DOI 10.1007/s10805-010-9122-z
- Authors
- Martinus Parnawa Putranta, Department of Management, Atma Jaya Yogyakarta University, Faculty of Economics, Jalan Babarsari 44, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
- Russel Philip John Kingshott, School of Marketing, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA 6102, Australia
- Journal Journal of Academic Ethics
- Online ISSN 1572-8544
- Print ISSN 1570-1727