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Impact of ethics, trust, and optimism on performance

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  • Christie Hough
  • Cameron Sumlin
  • Kenneth Wilburn Green

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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to empirically assess the combined impact of the ethical environment, organizational trust and workplace optimism on individual performance. Design/methodology/approach - A structural model is theorized and data from 250 individuals working for private organizations were analyzed using partial-least-squares structural equation modeling. Findings - Both the ethical environment and organizational trust positively impact workplace optimism. Of the ethical environment, organizational trust and workplace optimism, only workplace optimism directly impacts individual performance. The impact of the ethical environment and organizational trust on individual performance is indirect through workplace optimism. Research limitations/implications - To the authors’ knowledge, this is the first empirical study to assess the combined impact of the ethical environment, organizational trust and workplace optimism on individual performance. It is important to conduct similar studies to verify these findings. Practical implications - An ethical environment and organizational trust foster high levels of workplace optimism that in turn lead to improved employee performance. Originality/value - The important role that workplace optimism plays within the ethical climate of organizations is theorized and assessed. This is the first empirical assessment of the mediational role of workplace optimism on the established relationships between ethical environment and individual performance, and organizational trust and individual performance.

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  • Christie Hough & Cameron Sumlin & Kenneth Wilburn Green, 2020. "Impact of ethics, trust, and optimism on performance," Management Research Review, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 43(9), pages 1135-1155, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:mrrpps:mrr-09-2019-0409
    DOI: 10.1108/MRR-09-2019-0409
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    1. Annalisa Grandi & Margherita Zito & Luisa Sist & Monica Martoni & Vincenzo Russo & Lara Colombo, 2022. "Wellbeing in Workers during COVID-19 Pandemic: The Mediating Role of Self-Compassion in the Relationship between Personal Resources and Exhaustion," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(3), pages 1-16, February.
    2. Regis Kamaduuka Zombeire & Samuel Ssekajja Mayanja & Michael Omeke, 2023. "The Mediating Role of Nexus of Generative Influence in Relationship Between Regulative Framework and Ethical Performance in Local Governments," Public Organization Review, Springer, vol. 23(4), pages 1695-1716, December.
    3. Sudipta Mukherjee, 2022. "Consumer altruism and risk taking: why do altruistic consumers take more risks?," International Review on Public and Nonprofit Marketing, Springer;International Association of Public and Non-Profit Marketing, vol. 19(4), pages 781-803, December.

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