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Indian Journal of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology
Year : 2017, Volume : 11, Issue : 2
First page : ( 403) Last page : ( 409)
Print ISSN : 0973-9122. Online ISSN : 0973-9130.
Article DOI : 10.5958/0973-9130.2017.00153.0

Effects of Consultants ’Job Commitment, Perceived Risk and Penalty Risk on Unethical Consulting Intention and Completion of Consulting-Focused on Government-Subsidized Consulting for SMBs

Gil Hyeong-Cheol1, You Yen-Yoo2, Jung-WanHong3

1Doctoral Student, Dept. of Knowledge Service & Consulting, Hansung University, Seoul, Korea

2Professor, Dept. of Knowledge Service & Consulting, Hansung University, Seoul, Korea

3Professor, Dept. of Industrial & Management Engineering, Hansung University, Seoul, Korea

Online published on 4 November, 2017.

Abstract

Background/Objectives

This study explored the effects of consultants ’job commitment, perceived risk and penalty risk on their intention of unethical practices andcompletion of consulting in government-subsidized consulting projects for SMBs.

Method/Statistical Analysis

Consultants engaged in government-subsidized consulting projects for SMBs were surveyed. The factor analysis was done with SPSS21 to test the construct validity. Thestructural equation modeling with AMOS21 was used to verify the effects between variables and to test the hypotheses concerning the links between variables.

Findings

The present findings on government-subsidized consulting projects for SMBs and small business owners shed light on the following. First, the job commitment of consultants surveyed here had negative effects on their intention to engage in unethical consulting practices. Second, the perceived risk involving financial and time riskas well as the uncertainties in relation to the quality assurance of consulting service increased consultants ’intention to engage in unethical consulting practices. Third, the penalty risk involving government-imposed controls and regulations did not exert statistically significant effects on consultants ’intention to engage in unethical consulting practices. Fourth, the intention to engage in unethicalconsultingpractices had negative effects on the completion of consulting performed by consultants.

Improvements/Applications

Thestudy suggests it is necessary to improve the completion of consulting by reinforcing the job commitment of consultants, supporting consulting business environment instead of toughening further regulations and punishment.

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Keywords

JobCommitment, Perceived Risk, Penalty risk, Unethical Consulting Intention, Completion of Consulting, Consulting for SMEs.

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