المناخ الأخلاقي السائد في الجامعات الأردنية من وجهة نظر العاملين فيها

Abstract EN

This research aimed at finding out the level of prevalent ethical climate in Jordanian universities, from the employees' point of view, and if there were significant differences at ( 0.05) attributed to gender, experience and the supervising authority variables.

The sample of the research consisted of (245) administrators in public and private Jordanian universities.

They were selected by using stratified random sample method.

An ethical climate questionnaire was developed and applied on the sample subjects after finding its validity and reliability.

The findings of the research were: - The level of prevalent ethical climate in Jordanian universities from the employees' point of view was medium.

The mean was (3.32) with a standard deviation of (0.86).

- There were significant differences at ( 0.05) in the level of prevalent ethical climate in Jordanian universities attributed to gender variable, in favor of females.

- There were significant differences at ( 0.05) in the level of prevalent ethical climate in Jordanian universities attributed to experience variable, in favor of (1-5 years) category.

- There were no significant differences at ( 0.05) in the level of prevalent ethical climate in Jordanian universities attributed to the supervising authority Among the recommendations of the study are the following: - Conducting seminars and training courses for the employees in Jordanian universities to clarify the concept of ethical climate, and its importance in the universities.

- Conducting a study about the relationship between the ethical climate and other variables, such as: morale, organizational commitment and organizational trust.