...Emma Lei Jing; Nanxi Yan Purpose The authors examine the longitudinal relationship between work satisfaction and life satisfaction, and the moderating role of work ethic. Design/methodology/approach The authors use a nationally representative sample of Dutch working adults (N = 1020...

...Mark M. Suazo; William H. Turnley Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine relations between five individual differences variables (positive affectivity, negative affectivity, reciprocation wariness, equity sensitivity, and Protestant work ethic) and the perception of psychological contract...

...Karin Sanders This study focuses on the relationship between informal relationships, work ethics and (short‐time) absenteeism. According to self‐categorisation theory, which elaborates on the social identity theory, hypotheses were formulated for the relationship between consensus in work ethics...

...Anat Freund; Abraham Carmeli This study examined the relationships between five work commitments: Protestant work ethic, career commitment, job involvement, continuance commitment and affective commitment. Based on Morrow's concept of five universal forms of commitment, their inter‐relationships...

.... Psychology Work ethic National cultures Factor analysis Money is the instrument of commerce and the measure of value (Smith, 1937). Managers use money to attract, retain, and motivate employees. Money has a significant impact on people’s behavior, performance, and effectiveness in organizations. Over...

...Darwish A. Yousef The article examines the potential mediating role of the Islamic work ethic between locus of control, role conflict and role ambiguity. The study uses a sample of 397 employees in a variety of manufacturing and service organizations in an Islamic country, the United Arab...

... and the pattern of relationships among the scales yielded similar results to those reported in the Western culture. Shows that, the factor analysis yielded four interpretable factors for the Protestant ethic scale, two factors for the work ethic scale, two factors for the Protestant ethic attitudes and five...

... management in Japan. © MCB UP Limited 1992 Japan Management culture Training Technology Work ethic VOLUME 7 NUMBER 3 1992 Zen and Industrial Management in Japan Arunoday Saha It is widely acknowledged that management methods in Japan differ from those in the West in certain important...