The Impact of Organizational Ethical Climate on Organizational Commitment and Job Performance (An Economic Ethics Analysis of Japanese-funded Manufacturing Enterprises in China) ||

This study seeks to evaluate the impact of organizational ethical climate on the organizational commitment and job performance of Japanese-funded manufacturing enterprises (JFMEs) in China using empirical analysis and discussion, and includes a review of related research into economic ethics as well as a quantitative analysis of the various types of organizational ethical climates typically found in JFMEs operating in China. While prior studies have approached the topic from an ethical, psychological, philosophical and/or sociological perspective, none have specifically analyzed organizational ethical climate and its effect on organizational commitment and job performance under these conditions. Nor has an analysis of the relationship between organizational ethical climate, organizational commitment, and job performance ever been approached from the perspective of economic ethics. This study illustrates the feasibility of researching organizational ethics from an economic perspective, while laying out a theoretical basis for exploring the philosophy of economics from the perspective of economic ethics. Preface Contents List of Figures List of Tables 1 Introduction 1.1 Research Background 1.1.1 The Practice of China’s Economic System Reform and Changes in Ethical Ideology 1.1.2 The Ethical Premise of Economic Behavior in the Reform of China’s Economic System 1.1.3 The Impact of Chinese Ethical Values on the Development of Economic Behavior 1.1.4 The Important Position and Business Development of Japanese-Funded Enterprises in China in the Reform of China’s Economy 1.2 Proposal of Research Question and Significance of Research 1.2.1 Proposed Research Question 1.2.2 Significance of Research 1.3 Research Innovation 1.4 Research Content and Roadmap 1.4.1 Research Content 1.4.2 Research Roadmap 2 Literature Review 2.1 Research on Organizational Ethical Climate 2.1.1 Current Research on Organizational Ethical Climate 2.1.2 A Synopsis of Research on Organizational Ethical Climate 2.2 Research on Organizational Commitment 2.2.1 Current Research on Organizational Commitment 2.2.2 Review of Research on Organizational Commitment 2.3 Research on Job Performance 2.3.1 Current Research on Job Performance 2.3.2 Review of Research on Job Performance 2.4 The Theoretical Basis for the Feasibility of Organizational Ethical Climate from the Perspective of Economic Ethics 2.4.1 The Notion of Economic Ethics 2.4.2 The Lack of Research on Organizational Ethical Climate from the Perspective of Economic Ethics 2.4.3 The Feasibility of Research on Organizational Ethical Climate from the Perspective of Economic Ethics 2.4.4 The Theoretical Foundation for Organizational Ethical Climate in Terms of Labor Economics 2.5 Summary 3 Research Design 3.1 Research Methods 3.1.1 Literature Review Method 3.1.2 Empirical Research Methods 3.2 Empirical Research Design 3.2.1 Reasons for using PCA and SEM models 3.2.2 Definition and Measurement Model for the Variables 3.2.3 The Design and Distribution of Organizational Ethical Climate Questionnaires for JFMEs 3.2.4 Empirical Research Hypotheses 4 Empirical Analysis of Organizational Ethical Climate, Organizational Commitment and Job Performance in JFMEs in China 4.1 An Empirical Analysis of Organizational Ethical Climate in JFMEs 4.2 An Empirical Analysis of Organizational Commitment in JFMEs 4.3 An Empirical Analysis of Job Performance in JFMEs 4.4 Conclusions Regarding the Relationship Between Organizational Ethical Climate, Organizational Commitment, and Job Performance 5 The Impact of Organizational Ethical Climate on Organizational Commitment in JFMEs in China 5.1 The Impact of the Golden Mean Style of Organizational Ethical Climate on Normative Commitment in JFMEs 5.2 The Impact of the Golden Mean Style of Organizational Ethical Climate on Economic Commitment in JFMEs 5.3 The Impact of the Social Responsibility Style of Organizational Ethical Climate on Normative Commitment in JFMEs 5.4 The Impact of the Social Responsibility Style of Organizational Ethical Climate on Economic Commitment in JFMEs 5.5 The Impact of the Friendship-Efficiency Style of Organizational Ethical Climate on Normative Commitment in JFMEs 5.6 The Impact of the Friendship-Efficiency Style of Organizational Ethical Climate on Economic Commitment in JFMEs 5.7 Conclusions Concerning the Impact of Organizational Ethical Climate on Organizational Commitment in JFMEs 6 The Relationship Between Organizational Ethical Climate, Organizational Commitment, and Job Performance in JFMEs in China 6.1 The Golden Mean Style of Organizational Ethics, Normative Commitment, and Job Performance 6.2 The Social Responsibility Style of Organizational Ethics, Normative Organizational Commitment, and Job Performance 6.3 The Friendship-Efficiency Style of Organizational Ethics, Normative Commitment, and Job Performance 6.4 The Golden Mean Style of Organizational Ethics, Economic Organizational Commitment, and Job Performance 6.5 The Social Responsibility Style of Organizational Ethics, Economic Organizational Commitment, and Job Performance 6.6 The Friendship-Efficiency Style of Organizational Ethics, Economic Commitment, and Job Performance 6.7 The Relationship Between Organizational Ethical Climate, Organizational Commitment and Job Performance in JFMEs 7 Research Conclusions, Contributions, and Prospects 7.1 Main Findings 7.1.1 The Main Types of Organizational Ethical Climates in JFMEs 7.1.2 The Main Types of Organizational Commitment in JFMEs 7.1.3 The Relationship Between Organizational Ethical Climate, Organizational Commitment and Job Performance in JFMEs 7.2 Major Contributions and Further Study 7.2.1 Major contributions of this study in terms of labor economics 7.2.2 Frameworks of Ethical Economics Through Empirical Research 7.2.3 The Need for Further Study with Grounded Theory 7.3 Future Outlook Appendix A Letter of Intent Appendix B Sample of Confidentiality Agreement 1 Appendix C Sample of Confidentiality Agreement 2 Appendix D Request for Investigation Appendix E Questionnaire of Personal Information Appendix F Questionnaire of Organizational Ethical Climate Appendix G Questionnaire of Organizational Commitment Appendix H Questionnaire of Job Performance Appendix I Free Comment Appendix J Interview Form Appendix K The 71 Selected Manufacturing Enterprises in China References Index