The relationship between integrity and job conduct: An exploratory model building

Integrity is one of the most important personal qualities that any individual in a position of power or responsibility must possess, be it in business or politics, public or private life. Thus integrity has become a genuine area of concern in the civil service of many countries around the world. In this paper, a framework which analyzes several dimensions of integrity and its relationship with the employees´ job conduct is developed based on [1]. The research uses and adapts [2] checklists for assessing integrity, namely prevention, accountability, and enforcement. A self-administrative questionnaire was developed to collect the data which yielded a response rate of 61.50 percent out of 226 respondents. The results suggest that the enforcement of rules, procedures and regulations has significantly predicted the employees´ job conduct as compared to prevention and accountability. The findings appear to support the notion that integrity is among the major factors which lead to job performance, job conduct and employees´ satisfaction [1]. proceeding. proceeding.