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

David A. Ralston; Carolyn P. Egri; Olivier Furrer; Min-Hsun Kuo; Yongjuan Li; Florian Wangenheim; Marina Dabic; Irina Naoumova; Katsuhiko Shimizu; María Teresa Garza Carranza; Ping Ping Fu; Vojko V. Potocan; Andre Pekerti; Tomasz Lenartowicz; Narasimhan Srinivasan; Tania Casado; Ana Maria Rossi; Erna Szabo; Arif Butt; Ian Palmer; Prem Ramburuth; David M. Brock; Jane Terpstra-Tong; Ilya Grison; Emmanuelle Reynaud; Malika Richards; Philip Hallinger; Francisco B. Castro; Jaime Ruiz-Gutiérrez; Laurie Milton; Mahfooz Ansari; Arunas Starkus; Audra Mockaitis; Tevfik Dalgic; Fidel León-Darder; Hung Vu Thanh; Yong-lin Moon; Mario Molteni; Yongqing Fang; Jose Pla-Barber; Ruth Alas; Isabelle Maignan; Jorge C. Jesuino; Chay-Hoon Lee; Joel D. Nicholson; Ho-Beng Chia; Wade Danis; Ajantha S. Dharmasiri; Mark Weber

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

Journal of Business Ethics 122 (2):283–306 (2014)

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	title = {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-Hsun ; Li, Yongjuan ; Wangenheim, Florian ; Dabic, Marina ; Naoumova, Irina ; Shimizu, Katsuhiko ; 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 (2014). Societal-Level Versus Individual-Level Predictions of Ethical Behavior: A 48-Society Study of Collectivism and Individualism. Journal of Business Ethics 122 (2):283–306.

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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.

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