The effect of ethical climate and organizational control mechanisms on work engagement: A research in the civil aviation sector

It is noted that the aviation industry plays a significant role in the growth of international trade. In addition, the aviation industry offers important benefits in terms of sustainable development, social, political, environmental, and economic factors. In particular, as a service sector, the success of the aviation industry is mainly due to human resource efforts. Employees who are committed to their work and even engaged going beyond are therefore considered to make an important contribution to their organisations. The aim of this study is therefore to find out how the ethical climate and organisational control mechanisms affect work engagement. To achieve this goal, a survey was conducted to collect data from 387 employees of a major corporation of Turkish airways. The results of the analyses conducted show that the ethical climate dimensions, especially the benevolence and principledness climate dimensions, have a significant and positive impact on work engagement, while the egoistic climate has a significant and negative impact. On the other hand, organisational control dimensions, especially input control and behavioral control, were found to have a significant and positive impact on work engagement. Output control, on the other hand, did not have a significant impact on work engagement