AbstractsCommunication

A Study on relationship of Ethical Leadership, Organizational Citizenship Behaviors and Employee Performance: The sample of four major newspapers in Taiwan

by Chih-kang Ting




Institution: NSYSU
Department:
Year: 2015
Keywords: Employee Performance; four major newspapers in Taiwan; organization of newspaper; ethical leadership; organizational citizenship behavior
Posted: 02/05/2017
Record ID: 2073513
Full text PDF: http://etd.lib.nsysu.edu.tw/ETD-db/ETD-search/view_etd?URN=etd-0808115-125549


Abstract

The news industry is known as the 'fourth power' or 'uncrowned king'. It plays a special role in the regime and society. Therefore, requirements of journalists for professional ethics and dedicated attitudes are higher than many other industries. Meanwhile, detailed and accurate newspaper reports and publishing processes require team work because of job nature. Hence journalists are asked for a high degree of organizational citizenship behavior. But now the newspaper industry in Taiwan is hit by network new media and combines with technology convergence concept. Under this background, reporters in the filed need to work more but no changes in their wages, which leads to low morale and work quality. This paper uses a qualitative research method to have depth interviews with reporters in Taiwan four major print media to discuss about whether reporters managed by middle-level supervisors in newspaper can improve work efficiency and morale by promoting organizational citizenship behavior because of ethical leadership of supervisors. Or at the request of quantitative system of newspaper office, they cannot study management and new media. They have no time to care about news quality and lose spontaneous organizational citizenship behavior because of increasing pressure, which result in organizational effectiveness and news quality are in a low degree. Keywords: ethical leadership, organizational citizenship behavior, Employee Performance, four major newspapers in Taiwan, organization of newspaper Advisors/Committee Members: Ming-Chu Yu (chair), Bih-Shiaw Jaw (committee member), Meng-Siou Li (chair).