The Impact of Organizational Ethical Climate on Workplace Deviance Mediated by Organizational Citizenship Behaviour: A Study of Selected Research Universities in Malaysia

Ali Abbasi, Wan Khairuzzaman Wan Ismail, Fatemeh Baradari, Hamideh Javadinasab

Abstract

Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to investigate the concurrent role of organizational ethical climate through organizational citizenship behaviour on workplace deviance. The authors use the social exchange theory to analyses the impact of organizational ethical climate on workplace deviance with a mediating effect of organizational citizenship behaviour. Design/methodology/approach - A quantitative method was used to test four hypotheses examined using PLS-SEM3. The authors surveyed 230 respondents from five public universities in Malaysia. Findings - The results highlighted the positive effects of organizational ethical climate on organizational citizenship behaviour and the adverse impact of organizational ethical climate on workplace deviance. Organizational citizenship behaviour has a mediating effect between organizational ethical climate and workplace deviance. Originality/value - Besides, the findings of this study have contributed theoretically to workplace deviance by providing additional evidence for the different effect of organizational ethical climate and organizational citizenship behaviour on workplace deviance. The results of this research will be useful for reducing workplace deviance, thus improving employees’ efficiency.

 

 

Keywords:    Workplace deviance (WD), Organizational ethical climate (OEC), Organizational citizenship behaviour (OCB)

 

 


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