THE EFFECT OF WORK ETHICS ON JOB PERFORMANCE IN INTERNATIONAL SMES IN AL-HASSAN INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

Mohammad T Bataineh

doi:10.32479/irmm.10364

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to explore how work ethics (through work ethics elements: integrity, responsibility, equality and self-discipline) effects on employee's job performance in SMEs in Al-Hassan Industrial Estate. A survey was conducted on 257 employees in SMEs in Al-Hassan Industrial Estate. Hierarchical regression was used to model the effect of work ethics on employee's job performance. The work ethics elements are integrity, responsibility, equality and self-discipline. The results show that work ethics is improved employee's job performance in SMEs in Al-Hassan Industrial Estate. Moreover, the elements of work ethics (integrity, responsibility, equality and self-discipline) also improved employee's job performance. Moreoverthe company should be provided the necessary information to all auditors frankly, the managers should be authorized responsibility to employees, managers should be treated all employees fairly, and the workers should be carried out the tasks assigned to them by self-monitoring.Keywords: Small and medium-sized enterprises, work ethics, job performance, integrity, responsibility, equality and self-discipline.JEL Classifications: L2, L32DOI: https://doi.org/10.32479/irmm.10364

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Every company in the world making changes to improve the quality of their employees
Work ethics can be called a cultural norm that encourages people to take full responsibility for the work they do based on the belief that work has intrinsic value for individuals (Nizam et al, 2016)
We argue that work ethics has been defined as the cultural norm that encourages people to take full responsibility for the work they do based on the belief that work has intrinsic value for individuals (Nizam et al, 2016)

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Every company in the world making changes to improve the quality of their employees. These changes occur to achieve their goals which need the best performance from the resources they have. The word ethics came from the Greek word ethos, which means a characteristic way of acting (Hartman and Desjardins, 2011; Miñon, 2017). It deals with what “ought” to be (Barclay, 1980), an individual’s beliefs about what is right and wrong or good and bad (Miñon, 2017; Robbins and Coulter, 2012). Ethics is related to how a person must behave, while values are mental judgments that determine how a person behaves (Nizam et al, 2016)

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