Societal-level versus individual-level predictions of ethical behavior

ǂa ǂ48-society study of collectivism and individualism

David A. Ralston (Author), Vojko Potočan (Author)

Abstract

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.

Keywords

kultura;vrednote;raziskovanje;poslovna etika;individualizem;kolektivizem;merjenje;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2014
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UM EPF - Faculty of Economics and Business
UDC:	005.3:174
COBISS:	11412764
ISSN:	0167-4544
Parent publication:	Journal of business ethics
Views:	665
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Secondary language:	Unknown
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Not categorized
Pages:	str. 283-306
Volume:	ǂVol. ǂ122
Issue:	ǂno. ǂ2
Chronology:	Jun. 2014
Keywords (UDC):	science and knowledge;organization;computer science;information;documentation;librarianship;institutions;publications;znanost in znanje;organizacije;informacije;dokumentacija;bibliotekarstvo;institucije;publikacije;prolegomena;fundamentals of knowledge and culture;propaedeutics;prolegomena;splošne osnove znanosti in kulture;management;menedžment;management activities;menedžerske dejavnosti;philosophy;psychology;filozofija;psihologija;moral philosophy;ethics;practical philosophy;moralna filozofija;etika;praktična filozofija;
DOI:	10.1007/s10551-013-1744-9
ID:	1434876