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Organizational ethical climate, perceived organizational support, and employee silence: A cross-level investigation

This article reports on a study investigating the cross-level relationships of organizational ethical climate on employee silence. Using a sample of 408 full-time employees from 24 high-technology firms in Taiwan, the study conducted multilevel analyses to examine its hypotheses. The results showed...

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Published in:	Human relations (New York) 2013-06, Vol.66 (6), p.783-802
Main Authors:	Wang, Yau-De, Hsieh, Hui-Hsien
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Subjects:	Associations Corporate culture Correlation analysis Employee attitude Employees Ethics High tech industries High technology Human relations Individual differences Labor Force Participation Law Management Multidimensional analysis Organizational behaviour Organizational culture Organizational ethics Organizational support Professional ethics Silence Sociology Sociology of organizations and enterprises. Bureaucracy and administration Sociology of work and sociology of organizations Studies Taiwan Telephone hotlines Work Environment Worker Attitudes
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