Role Ambiguity and Role Conflict as Mediators of the Relationship between Ethical Climate and Employee Well-Being

Abstract

This paper examines the mechanism of role ambiguity and role conflict in the relationship between employee perceived ethical climate and their well-being in the workplace. The participants were randomly selected from some enterprises in mainland China. A total of 183 sets of valid questionnaires were collected. The survey results support the following hypotheses: 1a: There is a negative correlation between perceived ethical climate and employee role conflict; 1b: There is a negative correlation between perceived ethical climate and employee role ambiguity. 2a: Employee role ambiguity plays a mediating role between the perceived ethical climate and employee well-being; 2b: Employee role conflict plays a mediating role between employees' perceived ethical climate and employee well-being. Based on the results, the research suggests that enterprises should develop a high level of ethical climate to reduce employees’ role ambiguity and role conflict and increase employees well-being in the workplace.