Cultural Crossvergence and Social Desirability Bias: Ethical Evaluations by Chinese and Canadian Business Students
The purpose of this study is to determine whether there are cross-cultural differences between Chinese and Canadian business students with respect to their assessment of the ethicality of various business behaviors. Using a sample of 147 business students, the results indicate cultural crossvergence...
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Tipo de documento: | Recurso Electrónico Artigo |
Idioma: | Inglês |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V
2009
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Journal of business ethics
Ano: 2009, Volume: 85, Número: 4, Páginas: 527-543 |
Outras palavras-chave: | B
Students
B Business Ethics B International Business B Culture |
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Resumo: | The purpose of this study is to determine whether there are cross-cultural differences between Chinese and Canadian business students with respect to their assessment of the ethicality of various business behaviors. Using a sample of 147 business students, the results indicate cultural crossvergence; the Chinese (72 students) and Canadians (75 students) exhibit different ethical attitudes toward questionable business practices at the individual level but not at the corporate level. A social desirability bias (a tendency to deny socially unacceptable actions and to admit to socially desirable ones) is also found to be a cross-cultural phenomenon, with the Canadians demonstrating a greater bias than the Chinese. Finally, this bias causes respondents to increase their assessment of the un-ethicality of questionable business activities. |
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ISSN: | 1573-0697 |
Obras secundárias: | Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s10551-008-9787-z |