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The Moral Significance of Employee Loyalty

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  • Schrag, Brian

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Expectations and possibilities for employee loyalty are shifting rapidly, particularly in the for-profit sector. I explore the nature of employee loyalty to the organization, in particular, those elements of loyalty beyond the notion of the ethical demands of employee loyalty. I consider the moral significance of loyalty for the employee and whether the development of ties of loyalty to the work organization is in fact a good thing for the employee or for the employer. I argue that employees have a natural inclination to extend loyalty to the organization and that organizations consequently have an obligation to make clear to employees the degree to which the organization will recognize and reward employee loyalty.

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  • Schrag, Brian, 2001. "The Moral Significance of Employee Loyalty," Business Ethics Quarterly, Cambridge University Press, vol. 11(1), pages 41-66, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:cup:buetqu:v:11:y:2001:i:01:p:41-66_00
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    1. Juan Elegido, 2013. "Does It Make Sense to Be a Loyal Employee?," Journal of Business Ethics, Springer, vol. 116(3), pages 495-511, September.
    2. Masakure, Oliver, 2016. "The effect of employee loyalty on wages," Journal of Economic Psychology, Elsevier, vol. 56(C), pages 274-298.
    3. Hildreth, John Angus D. & Gino, Francesca & Bazerman, Max, 2016. "Blind loyalty? When group loyalty makes us see evil or engage in it," Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Elsevier, vol. 132(C), pages 16-36.
    4. Xinyue Wang & Nor Asiah Binti Omar, 2023. "Nexus between Brand Love, Loyalty, Affective Commitment and Positive Word of Mouth: In the Context of Social Identity Theory," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 15(4), pages 1-12, February.
    5. Jerzy Kaźmierczyk & Gulnara Fatykhovna Romashkina & Przemysław Macholak, 2020. "Lifelong learning as an employee retention tool. Comparative banking analysis," Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Issues, VsI Entrepreneurship and Sustainability Center, vol. 8(1), pages 1064-1080, September.

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