Societal-Level Versus Individual-Level Predictions of Ethical Behavior : A 48-Society Study of Collectivism and Individualism
Université de Fribourg
- Ralston, David A. Florida International University, USA
- Egri, Carolyn P. Simon Fraser University, Canada
- Furrer, Olivier University of Nijmegen, Netherlands / University of Fribourg
- Kuo, Min-Hsun
- Li, Yongjuan
- Wangenheim, Florian
- Dabic, Marina
- Naoumova, Irina
- Shimizu, Katsuhiko
- de la Garza Carranza, María Teresa
- Fu, Ping Ping
- Potocan, Vojko V.
- Pekerti, Andre
- Lenartowicz, Tomasz
- Srinivasan, Narasimhan
- Casado, Tania
- Rossi, Ana Maria
- Szabo, Erna
- Butt, Arif
- Palmer, Ian
- Ramburuth, Prem
- Brock, David M.
- Terpstra-Tong, Jane
- Grison, Ilya
- Reynaud, Emmanuelle
- Richards, Malika
- Hallinger, Philip
- Castro, Francisco B.
- Ruiz-Gutiérrez, Jaime
- Milton, Laurie
- Ansari, Mahfooz
- Starkus, Arunas
- Mockaitis, Audra
- Dalgic, Tevfik
- León-Darder, Fidel
- Thanh, Hung Vu
- Moon, Yong-lin
- Molteni, Mario
- Fang, Yongqing
- Pla-Barber, Jose
- Alas, Ruth
- Maignan, Isabelle
- Jesuino, Jorge C.
- Lee, Chay-Hoon
- Nicholson, Joel D.
- Chia, Ho-Beng
- Danis, Wade
- Dharmasiri, Ajantha S.
- Weber, Mark
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2014
Published in:
- Journal of Business Ethics. - 2014, vol. 122, no. 2, p. 283-306
English
Is the societal-level of analysis sufficient today to understand the values of those in the global workforce? Or are individual-level analyses more appropriate for assessing the influence of values on ethical behaviors across country workforces? Using multi-level analyses for a 48-society sample, we test the utility of both the societal-level and individual-level dimensions of collectivism and individualism values for predicting ethical behaviors of business professionals. Our values-based behavioral analysis indicates that values at the individual-level make a more significant contribution to explaining variance in ethical behaviors than do values at the societal-level. Implicitly, our findings question the soundness of using societal-level values measures. Implications for international business research are discussed.
- Faculty
- Faculté des sciences économiques et sociales et du management
- Department
- Département des sciences du Management
- Language
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- English
- Classification
- Social sciences
- License
- License undefined
- Identifiers
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- RERO DOC 232618
- DOI 10.1007/s10551-013-1744-9
- Persistent URL
- https://folia.unifr.ch/global/documents/303868
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