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    Societal-Level Versus Individual-Level Predictions of Ethical Behavior: A 48-Society Study of Collectivism and Individualism


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    Ralston, David A., Egri, Carolyn P., Furrer, Olivier, Kuo, Min-Ksun, Li, Yongjuan, Wangenheim, Florian, Dabic, Marina, Naoumova, Irina, Shimizu, Katsuhiko, de la Garza Carranza, Maria Teresa, Fu, Ping-Ping, Potocan, Vojko, Pekerti, Andre, Lenartowicz, Tomasz, Srinivasan, Narasimhan, Casado, Tania, Rossi, Ana Maria, Szabo, Erna, Butt, Arif, Palmer, Ian, Ramburuth, Prem, Brock, David, Terpstra-Tong, Jane, Grison, IIya, Reynaud, Emmanuelle, Richards, Malika, Hallinger, Philip, Castro, Francisco B., Ruiz-Gutierrez, Jaime, Milton, Laurie, Ansari, Mahfooz, Starkus, Arunas, Mockaitis, Audra, Dalgic, Tevfik, Leon-Darder, Fidel, Vu Thanh, Hung, 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. and Weber, Mark (2014) Societal-Level Versus Individual-Level Predictions of Ethical Behavior: A 48-Society Study of Collectivism and Individualism. Journal of Business Ethics, 122. pp. 283-306. ISSN 0167-4544

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    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 anal- ysis 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.
    Item Type: Article
    Keywords: Cultural values; Influence ethics; Hierarchical linear modeling; Collectivism; Individualism;
    Academic Unit: Faculty of Social Sciences > School of Business
    Item ID: 10458
    Identification Number: 10.1007/s10551-013-1744-9
    Depositing User: Audra Mockaitis
    Date Deposited: 29 Jan 2019 14:16
    Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Business Ethics
    Publisher: Springer Verlag
    Refereed: Yes
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    URI: https://mural.maynoothuniversity.ie/id/eprint/10458
    Use Licence: This item is available under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share Alike Licence (CC BY-NC-SA). Details of this licence are available here

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