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.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 283-306 |
Number of pages | 24 |
Journal | Journal of Business Ethics |
Volume | 122 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 2014 |
Keywords
- Collectivism
- Cultural values
- Hierarchical linear modeling
- Individualism
- Influence ethics
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Economics and Econometrics
- Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
- Law
- General Business,Management and Accounting
- Business and International Management