Business ethics, technology use, and workplace happiness: Gender-based differences

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AudienciaPúblico en generales_ES
CoberturaMéxicoes_ES
Fecha de ingreso2026-10-05T16:33:53Z
Fecha de publicación2026-01-01
ResumenThis study investigates the relationship between business ethics and workplace happiness, explicitly examining the role of technology use as a potential mediator and the moderating effect of gender within organizational contexts in an emerging economy. Using a quantitative, cross-sectional, and non-experimental research design, data were collected from a sample of 367 employees working in Mexican organizations across diverse sectors. The proposed theoretical model was tested through covariance-based structural equation modelling (CB-SEM), complemented by multi-group analysis to explore gender-based differences in the structural relationships. The findings provide robust evidence that business ethics exerts a significant and positive effect on workplace happiness, with this relationship being notably stronger among women, thereby underscoring the relevance of ethical organizational climates for employee well-being. In contrast, technology use neither demonstrated a significant direct effect on workplace happiness nor functioned as a mediating mechanism between ethics and happiness, suggesting that technological tools alone are insufficient to enhance subjective well-being in the absence of a strong ethical foundation. These results indicate that, in emerging organizational contexts, ethical culture and values outweigh the instrumental role of technology in shaping employees’ happiness at work. From a theoretical perspective, the cross-sectional nature of the study constrains causal inference, highlighting the need for future longitudinal and cross-cultural research to assess temporal dynamics and contextual generalizability. Practically, the findings emphasize that organizations seeking to enhance workplace happiness should prioritize ethical leadership, fairness, and integrity, while adopting gender-sensitive approaches to digital transformation. Socially, fostering ethical organizational cultures may contribute to more inclusive, emotionally sustainable, and human-centered workplaces. Overall, this research offers original value by proposing and empirically validating an integrative model that links business ethics, technology use, and workplace happiness, incorporating gender as a moderating factor within the organizational behaviour literature.es_ES
Doihttps://doi.org/10.18282/hrms5875es_ES
URIhttps://riuat.uat.edu.mx/handle/123456789/5636
Idiomaenes_ES
EditorialPiscoMed Publishinges_ES
RelaciónHuman Resources Management and Serviceses_ES
URL relacionadohttps://doi.org/10.18282/hrms5875es_ES
DerechosAcceso abierto (Metadatos de producción científica)es_ES
Licenciahttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2es_ES
FuenteHuman Resources Management and Services
Palabra clavebusiness ethicses_ES
Palabra claveemerging economieses_ES
Palabra clavegender differenceses_ES
Palabra clavetechnology usees_ES
Palabra claveworkplace happinesses_ES
TítuloBusiness ethics, technology use, and workplace happiness: Gender-based differenceses_ES
TipoArtículoes_ES
ArbitradoHa sido Arbitradoes_ES
AutorSalazar-Altamirano, Mario Alberto
AutorMartínez-Arvizu, Orlando Josué
AutorMercader, Víctor
AutorGalván-Vela, Esthela
AutorSalazar-Altamirano, Mario Albertoes_ES
AutorMartínez-Arvizu, Orlando Josuées_ES
AutorMercader, Víctores_ES
AutorGalván-Vela, Esthelaes_ES
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas
InstituciónUniversidad Autónoma de Tamaulipases_ES
Número1es_ES
URL relacionadahttps://doi.org/10.18282/hrms5875
Tipo de artículoIndexado
Tipo de artículoIndexadoes_ES
Volumen8es_ES

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