Characteristics of Professional Employees

All professional employees have two very important characteristics; these are ethical standards and loyalty.

First, business today requires professionals to have high ethical standards. The lack of ethical standards in business is a detriment to society. Nick Nichols (2007) ratifies my sentiment in Professional Ethics: The importance of teaching ethics to future professionals by discussing the significant role ethics has in future professional development of the U.S. Furthermore, ethical practices produce benefits in the long run, including properly managed conflicts of interest and increased corporate profits. Business success relies on using professional ethics (Nichols, Nichols, Nichols, 2007).

Second, professional employees exhibit strong loyalty, or commitment, to their organization. Companies want loyal employees; one measure of employee loyalty is organizational commitment (OC). A study published in the International Journal of Academic Research tested the effects of OC on job performance. The test analyzed the three dimensions of OC, affective, continuance, and normative commitment. Affective commitment yielded little impact on performance. However, results showed a significant positive relation between worker productivity and organization continuance commitment and normative commitment (Sirin, Bilir, Karademir, 2013).

 High ethical standards and strong loyalty are characteristics professional employees need to achieve success.

References

Nichols, N., Nichols Jr., G. V., & Nichols, P. A. (2007). Professional Ethics: The importance of teaching ethics to future professionals. Professional Safety, 52(7), 37-41.

Sirin, Y., Bilir, P., & Karademir, T. (2013). The effect of organizational commitment on job performance: The case of the kahramanmaras provincial directorate of youth services and sports. International Journal Of Academic Research, 5(4), 65-71. doi:10.7813/2075-4124.2013/5-4/B.9