Ethical work climate in the National Audit Department Offices in Malaysia / Suhaiza Ismail and Nursia Yuhanis

The study aims to examine the ethical work climate types of the National Audit Department (NAD) offices in Malaysia as perceived by the public sector auditors. The respondents of the study were public sector auditors in the NAD offices from both federal and state levels. Using a survey questionnaire...

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Main Authors: Ismail, Suhaiza, Yuhanis, Nursia
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Language:English
Published: Accounting Research Institute (ARI), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 2019
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Online Access:https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30937/
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description The study aims to examine the ethical work climate types of the National Audit Department (NAD) offices in Malaysia as perceived by the public sector auditors. The respondents of the study were public sector auditors in the NAD offices from both federal and state levels. Using a survey questionnaire comprising instrument about the ethical climate by Victor and Cullen (1988), a total of 382 responses was received and usable. In order to achieve the research objective, descriptive statistics of mean score and standard deviation were used. The results reveal that the highest mean score is ‘rules’ climate, indicating that the public sector auditors perceived this rules ethical climate to be highly present in their organizations. This is followed by ‘instrumental’ and ‘caring’ ethical climate types. In contrast, law ethical climate type was perceived as almost non-exist in the NAD offices. This study provides useful information on the types of ethical climate types that exist in the offices of the National Audit Department (NAD) as perceived by the public sector auditors which may to some extent help to inculcate the right ethical climate in order improve the level of ethics among public sector auditors which will subsequently enhance the credibility of the NAD and public trust in the government.
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spelling uitm-309372022-06-15T03:27:17Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30937/ Ethical work climate in the National Audit Department Offices in Malaysia / Suhaiza Ismail and Nursia Yuhanis mar Ismail, Suhaiza Yuhanis, Nursia Personnel management. Employment management The study aims to examine the ethical work climate types of the National Audit Department (NAD) offices in Malaysia as perceived by the public sector auditors. The respondents of the study were public sector auditors in the NAD offices from both federal and state levels. Using a survey questionnaire comprising instrument about the ethical climate by Victor and Cullen (1988), a total of 382 responses was received and usable. In order to achieve the research objective, descriptive statistics of mean score and standard deviation were used. The results reveal that the highest mean score is ‘rules’ climate, indicating that the public sector auditors perceived this rules ethical climate to be highly present in their organizations. This is followed by ‘instrumental’ and ‘caring’ ethical climate types. In contrast, law ethical climate type was perceived as almost non-exist in the NAD offices. This study provides useful information on the types of ethical climate types that exist in the offices of the National Audit Department (NAD) as perceived by the public sector auditors which may to some extent help to inculcate the right ethical climate in order improve the level of ethics among public sector auditors which will subsequently enhance the credibility of the NAD and public trust in the government. Accounting Research Institute (ARI), Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam 2019-04 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30937/1/30937.pdf Ismail, Suhaiza and Yuhanis, Nursia (2019) Ethical work climate in the National Audit Department Offices in Malaysia / Suhaiza Ismail and Nursia Yuhanis. (2019) Management & Accounting Review (MAR) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Management_=26_Accounting_Review_=28MAR=29.html>, 18 (1): 4. pp. 57-76. ISSN 2550-1895 https://mar.uitm.edu.my/
spellingShingle Personnel management. Employment management
Ismail, Suhaiza
Yuhanis, Nursia
Ethical work climate in the National Audit Department Offices in Malaysia / Suhaiza Ismail and Nursia Yuhanis
title Ethical work climate in the National Audit Department Offices in Malaysia / Suhaiza Ismail and Nursia Yuhanis
title_full Ethical work climate in the National Audit Department Offices in Malaysia / Suhaiza Ismail and Nursia Yuhanis
title_fullStr Ethical work climate in the National Audit Department Offices in Malaysia / Suhaiza Ismail and Nursia Yuhanis
title_full_unstemmed Ethical work climate in the National Audit Department Offices in Malaysia / Suhaiza Ismail and Nursia Yuhanis
title_short Ethical work climate in the National Audit Department Offices in Malaysia / Suhaiza Ismail and Nursia Yuhanis
title_sort ethical work climate in the national audit department offices in malaysia / suhaiza ismail and nursia yuhanis
topic Personnel management. Employment management
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30937/
https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/30937/