The influence of communication, empowerment and trust on organizational ethical climates

• Main Authors: Tan, Houng Chien, Ho, Jo Ann
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Economics and Management, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2015
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41751/1/64.%2041751.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/41751/; http://econ.upm.edu.my/ijem/vol9noS-DEC/2.%20The%20Influence%20of%20Communication,%20Empowerment%20and%20Trust%20on%20Organizational%20Ethical%20Climates.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

In this study, communication, empowerment and trust were examined to determine their influence on an organization’s ethical climate. A total of 150 questionnaires completed by managers and executives based in the Klang Valley, Malaysia were analysed. The results demonstrated that empowerment was positively related to a benevolent-local climate while trust was positively related to both benevolent-local and principled-local climates. However, communication did not have a significant influence on all three ethical climate types. We discuss our results and the implications for both future academic research and practice.