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Power And Crime Of Obedience In Education Department-An Empirical Study Of Pakistan

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  • Ahmad Asfand Yar

    (Master of Science in Business Administration, Virtual University of Pakistan)

  • Riffut Jabeen

    (Department of Business Administration, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan)

  • Muhammad Ziaullah

    (Department of Business Administration, Ghazi University, Dera Ghazi Khan)

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of power on follower‘s willingness to commit a ―crime of obedience‖ by complying with a leader‘s unethical request in organizations of Pakistan.Both variables were considerable importance in the literature of Management.Research framework consists of five hypotheses.Data was collected with a survey from 150 employees of Education Department of Pakistan.Multiple Regression analyses were conducted to investigate the proposed model.The results indicate that power is an important component in obedience to authority.Findings suggest that all five FrenchRaven bases of power are positively related with an intention to commit a crime of obedience.Results are discussed in relation to research on obedience to authority.When power is used by authority, individuals may obey in ways which are destructive and against their personal, moral values.The study has the wide scope for its implementation.On the basis of research findings, the government can modify their policies to get rid of the crime of obedience in the educational sector of Pakistan.

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  • Ahmad Asfand Yar & Riffut Jabeen & Muhammad Ziaullah, 2017. "Power And Crime Of Obedience In Education Department-An Empirical Study Of Pakistan," IBT Journal of Business Studies (JBS), Ilma University, Faculty of Management Science, vol. 13(2), pages 94-106.
    • Handle: RePEc:aib:ibtjbs:v:13:y:2017:i:2:p:94-106
    DOI: https://doi.org/10.46745/ilma.ibtjbs.2017.132.8
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