Societal-level versus individual-level predictions of ethical behavior: A 48-society study of collectivism and individualism

David A Ralston; Carolyn Egri; Olivier Furrer; Christine Kuo; Yongjuan Li; Florian Wangenheim; Marina Dabic; Irina Naoumova; Katsuhiko Shimizu; Maria Teresa De La Garza Carranza; Ping-Ping Fu; Vojko Potocan; Andre Anugerah 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 Girson; Emmanuelle Reynaud; Malika Richards; Philip Hallinger; Francisco B Castro; Jaime Ruiz Gutierrez; Laurie Milton; Mahfooz Ansari; Arunas Starkus; Audra Irene Mockaitis; Tevfik Dalgic; Fidel Leon Darder; Jose Pla-Barber; Hung Vu Thanh; Yong-lin Moon; Mario Molteni; Yongqing Fang; Ruth Alas; Isabelle Maignan; Jorge Correia Jesuino; Chay Hoon Lee; Joel D Nicholson; Ho Beng Chia; Wade Danis; Ajantha S Dharmasiri; Mark Weber

doi:10.1007/s10551-013-1744-9

Societal-level versus individual-level predictions of ethical behavior: A 48-society study of collectivism and individualism

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

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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
Pages (from-to)	283 - 306
Number of pages	24
Journal	Journal of Business Ethics
Volume	122
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1744-9
Publication status	Published - 2014

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Ralston, D. A., Egri, C., Furrer, O., Kuo, C., Li, Y., Wangenheim, F., Dabic, M., Naoumova, I., Shimizu, K., De La Garza Carranza, M. T., Fu, P.-P., Potocan, V., Pekerti, A. A., Lenartowicz, T., Srinivasan, N., Casado, T., Rossi, A. M., Szabo, E., Butt, A., ... Weber, M. (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. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1744-9

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