The Effect of Work Ethics of Employees on Individual Work Performance

Abstract

AbstractThe study aims to examine the effect of the work ethics of employees on work performance. To deepen the concept and establish the theories of the study, the literature was reviewed. The study applies the descriptive assessment and correlational research design. It used research questionnaires to gather the data from the respondents. The population of the study was all the employees of the Divine Word College of Laoag. The study found that the work ethics of employees along three components (the attitude toward the work itself, moral attitude toward the work and intrinsic motivation) are considered high and also their work performance along with task and contextual performance is high, while the counterproductive behaviour is low. In terms of the correlation between work ethics and individual work performance, the results conclude that overall, there is a significant correlation between work ethics and individual work performance. But taking the dimensions of work ethics separately, onl