An Analysis of the Factor Structure of Jones’ Moral Intensity Construct

In 1991, Jones developed an issue-contingent model of ethical decision making in which moral intensity is posited to affect the four stages of Rest’s 1986 model (awareness, judgment, intention, and behavior). Jones claimed that moral intensity, which is “the extent of issue-related moral imperative...

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Authors: McMahon, Joan M. (Author) ; Harvey, Robert J. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science + Business Media B. V 2006
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2006, Volume: 64, Issue: 4, Pages: 381-404
Further subjects:B Factor analysis
B Moral Intensity
B Ethical decision making
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