Date of Award

2026-05-01

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy

Department

Business Administration

Advisor(s)

Richard A. Posthuma

Abstract

This dissertation advances understanding of workplace ethics and responsible AI integration across three interconnected essays unified by social cognitive theory. My first essay introduces self-value actualization (SVA), a novel construct defined as the dynamic, integrated psychological process through which individuals continually strive to align and fulfill their core moral values through observable professional behavior. Drawing on social cognitive theory and emotional intelligence theory, I conceptualize SVA as a higher-order self-regulatory orientation comprising three mutually reinforcing processes: value congruence, moral reflection, and adaptive morality. I developed and validated a 9-item SVA scale across four studies using expert panels, exploratory factor analysis, and confirmatory factor analysis. The scale demonstrates strong psychometric properties, robust convergent validity, clear discriminant validity, and significant predictive validity. My second essay embeds SVA within a multilevel nomological network using a multi-source field study of 309 employees nested within 72 retail workgroups across a Southwestern U.S. city. Drawing on Social cognitive theory and Moral foundation theory, I test whether SVA predicts organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) altruism at the individual level and whether organizational ethical culture (OEC) moderates this relationship at the workgroup level. My third essay reconceptualizes AI-enabled high-performance work systems (HPWS) as systems of moral governance. Drawing on social cognitive theory and ethical HRM principles, I develop the Human-centered AI Ethics in Systematic HRM (HAESM) framework, organizing ethical imperatives around five principles: fairness and non-discrimination, transparency and explainability, privacy and data governance, employee autonomy and voice, and continuous human oversight and accountability. For each principle, the framework specifies the ethical risk, the organizational mechanism through which it operates, and the practical intervention required.

Language

en

Provenance

Received from ProQuest

File Size

104 p.

File Format

application/pdf

Rights Holder

Mansura Nusrat

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