Structurally anchored organizational democracy: Does it reach the employee?

Christine Unterrainer; Michal Palgi; Wolfgang G. Weber; Anna Iwanowa; Rainer Oesterreich

doi:10.1027/1866-5888/a000038

Structurally anchored organizational democracy: Does it reach the employee?

Christine Unterrainer, Michal Palgi, Wolfgang G. Weber, Anna Iwanowa, Rainer Oesterreich

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Abstract

Six hundred and six employees in 33 enterprises (Austria, Germany, Israel, and Italy) that represent different levels of structurally anchored organizational democracy were examined in a multi-method, cross-level study. Based on a typology of democratic enterprises, we investigated the extent to which democratic structures impact employees' individually perceived participation, affective commitment, and humanitarian ethical orientation. We found support for the expected relationships. Whereas cross-level mediation tests suggest that individually perceived participation fully mediates the positive relationship between democratic structures and affective commitment, they provide no support to our prediction that the influence of democratic structures on humanitarian ethic will be mediated by individually perceived participation.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	118-132
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Personnel Psychology
Volume	10
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1027/1866-5888/a000038
State	Published - 2011

Keywords

Ethical behavior
Organizational commitment
Organizational democracy
Participation
Values

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Applied Psychology
Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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