The effect of an ethical work climate in reducing aggressive behavior in the workplace: An analytical study of the opinions of a sample of the staff at the Technical Institute / Diwaniyah

This study aims to test the effect of the dimensions of the ethical work climate (care climate, rules and procedures climate, laws climate, independence climate, performance climate) in reducing aggressive behaviors in the workplace (hostility, anger, physical aggression, verbal aggression). The study was applied to a sample of the functional/technical staff at (the Technical Institute/Diwaniya) through a questionnaire prepared for this purpose and distributed to a sample of (226) employees, and after distributing the questionnaire form for the purpose of analyzing and collecting data and excluding invalid ones, the approved sample subject to study and analysis became (198). (technical) and it was analyzed through a set of statistical tools and methods. The study reached a set of conclusions, the most important of which was the existence of an inverse significant correlation between the dimensions of the ethical work climate and aggressive behaviors in the workplace, and the presence of a significant effect of the dimensions of the ethical work climate on aggressive behaviors in the workplace, and it was concluded. The study made a set of recommendations, the most important of which was the direction of the researched organization to pay serious attention to the phenomenon of aggressive behaviors in the workplace and its negative impact on the organization and work to address it by taking some measures that would contribute to reducing these behaviors.