Developing, Validating, and Applying a Measure of Human Quality Treatment

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aut.relation.journalJournal of Business Ethics
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dc.contributor.authorMcGhee, Peter
dc.contributor.authorHaar, Jarrod
dc.contributor.authorOgunyemi, Kemi
dc.contributor.authorGrant, Patricia
dc.date.accessioned2023-07-06T00:05:00Z
dc.date.available2023-07-06T00:05:00Z
dc.date.issued2022-07-25
dc.description.abstractHuman Quality Treatment (HQT) is a theoretical approach expressing different ways of dealing with employees within an organization and is embedded in humanistic management tenants of dignity, care, and personal development, seeking to produce morally excellent employees. We build on the theoretical exposition and present a measure of HQT-Scale across several studies including cross-culturally to enhance confidence in our results. Our first study generates the 25 items for the HQT-Scale and provides initial support for the items. We then followed up with a large study of managers (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 363) from Nigeria in study 2, which confirms the theoretical properties of the five dimensions of HQT and highlights a two-factor construct: HQT Ethically Unacceptable and HQT Ethically Acceptable using a 20-item HQT-Scale. Study 3 with a large sample of New Zealand employees (<jats:italic>n</jats:italic> = 452) again confirms the nature of the construct and provides construct validity tests. Finally, using time-lagged data, study 4 (n = 308) focuses on New Zealand employees and job attitudes and behaviors, and a well-being outcome. That study not only confirms the theoretically implied effects but also shows the HQT Ethically Acceptable factor mediates the detrimental effects of HQT Ethically Unacceptable. Overall, our four studies provide strong support for the HQT-Scale and highlight important understandings of HQT and humanistic management in the workplace.
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Business Ethics, ISSN: 0167-4544 (Print); 1573-0697 (Online), Springer, 1-17. doi: 10.1007/s10551-022-05213-y
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s10551-022-05213-y
dc.identifier.issn0167-4544
dc.identifier.issn1573-0697
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10292/16377
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherSpringer
dc.relation.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10551-022-05213-y
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectEmployee attitudes, behaviors, and well-being
dc.subjectHQT-Scale
dc.subjectHuman Quality Treatment
dc.subjectHumanistic management
dc.subjectScale development
dc.subject50 Philosophy and Religious Studies
dc.subject5001 Applied Ethics
dc.subject1503 Business and Management
dc.subject1505 Marketing
dc.subject2201 Applied Ethics
dc.subjectApplied Ethics
dc.subject5001 Applied ethics
dc.titleDeveloping, Validating, and Applying a Measure of Human Quality Treatment
dc.typeJournal Article
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