Abstract:
This research aims at examining and analyzing: (1) the effect of ethical climate on
deviant behavior; (2) the effect of workplace spirituality on deviant behavior; (3) the
effect of organizational commitment on deviant behavior; (4) the effect of ethical
climate on workplace spirituality; (5) the effect of ethical climate on organizational
commitment; (6) the effect of ethical climate on deviant behavior mediated by
workplace spirituality; (7) the effect of ethical climate on deviant behavior mediated
by organizational commitment. This research using quantitative study with SmartPLS
analysis methode, and the population is 207 people of the regional unit apparatus
holding the structural positions of echelon 2b, 3a, and 3b in East Java Province
Government, and 67 of them are taken as the samples. The results of the study show
that ethical climate does not influence deviant behavior, but workplace spirituality
affects deviant behavior. Meanwhile, organizational commitment does not affect
deviant behavior, but ethical climate affects organizational commitment. In addition,
ethical climate influences workplace spirituality, also the organizational commitment.
Furthermore, the results of the study also reveal that the ethical climate influences
deviant behavior mediated by workplace spirituality, but not through organizational
commitment.
