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Does Loyalty in the Workplace have a Future?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  23 January 2015

John C. Haughey
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Abstract

The recent recession only adds to the widespread fear that loyalties in the business world are rapidly becoming obsolete. This article spells out some of the history that has put loyalty in jeopardy and some of the characteristics of this affecton. It gives reasons why it will not disappear from the workplace.

The above analysis is then followed by a contrast between past and present motivations for work and a description of the workplace of the future according to three authors. Since all of these address loyalty issues directly or indirectly, there follows an analysis of the new loyalties that can be anticipated or are beginning to emerge in the workplace and the role of the manager in managing these. The article concludes by placing these future loyalties within a framework inspired by Josiah Royce.

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Business Ethics Quarterly , Volume 3 , Issue 1 , January 1993 , pp. 1 - 16
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Copyright © Society for Business Ethics 1993

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