Open AccessThe Power Of Ability-Motivation-Opportunity Enhancing Human Resource Management Practices On Organizational Ethical Climate
Author(s) -
Lee-Chin Tay,
Fee-Yean Tan,
Khulida Kirana Yahya
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
international journal of business and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.236
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 1511-6670
DOI - 10.33736/ijbs.3146.2017
Subject(s) - organisation climate , knowledge management , sample (material) , organizational behavior and human resources , human resources , business , organizational performance , human resource management , structural equation modeling , psychology , environmental resource management , sociology , management , social psychology , computer science , economics , chemistry , chromatography , machine learning
This paper examinedability-, motivation-and opportunity-enhancing human resource management (HRM) practices to achieve organizational ethical climate. Sample sizes of 74construction companies in Malaysia were selected based on systematic sampling technique. Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) of SmartPLS 3.2.6 software was used to analyse the data.Thefindings revealed that ability-enhancing HRMpractices wasrelated to organizational ethical climate,while motivation-and opportunity-enhancing HRMpractices didnot influence organizational ethical climate. This denoted that ability-enhancing HRMpractices played an important role in promoting organizational ethical climateof construction companies in Malaysia. In addition, discussion, implications, directions for future research,and conclusion of the study were also highlighted.