Is there a foreign language effect on workplace bribery susceptibility?: evidence from a randomized controlled vignette experiment

Theory and evidence from the behavioral science literature suggest that the widespread and rising use of lingua francas in the workplace may impact the ethical decision-making of individuals who must use foreign languages at work. We test the impact of foreign language usage on individuals’ suscepti...

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Κύριοι συγγραφείς: Fitzgerald, Jack (Συγγραφέας) ; Stroet, Paul (Συγγραφέας) ; Weißmüller, Kristina Sabrina (Συγγραφέας) ; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van 1960- (Συγγραφέας)
Τύπος μέσου: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Άρθρο
Γλώσσα:Αγγλικά
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Έκδοση: 2025
Στο/Στη: Journal of business ethics
Έτος: 2025, Τόμος: 197, Τεύχος: 1, Σελίδες: 73-97
Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά:B Bribery susceptibility
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Foreign language effect
B Vignette experiment
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Σύνοψη:Theory and evidence from the behavioral science literature suggest that the widespread and rising use of lingua francas in the workplace may impact the ethical decision-making of individuals who must use foreign languages at work. We test the impact of foreign language usage on individuals’ susceptibility to bribery in workplace settings using a vignette-based randomized controlled trial in a Dutch student sample. Results suggest that there is not even a small foreign language effect on workplace bribery susceptibility. We combine traditional null hypothesis significance testing with equivalence testing methods novel to the business ethics literature that can provide statistically significant evidence of bounded or null relationships between variables. These tests suggest that the foreign language effect on workplace bribery susceptibility is bounded below even small effect sizes. Post hoc analyses provide evidence suggesting fruitful further routes of experimental research into bribery.
ISSN:1573-0697
Περιλαμβάνει:Enthalten in: Journal of business ethics
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s10551-024-05731-x