RESOLVING ETHICAL DILEMMAS IN MANAGEMENT - EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS OF VALUES, ACCOUNTABILITY, AND CHOICE

被引:38
作者
BRIEF, AP
DUKERICH, JM
DORAN, LI
机构
[1] UNIV TEXAS,COLL BUSINESS ADM,AUSTIN,TX 78712
[2] NORTHEASTERN UNIV,COLL BUSINESS ADM,BOSTON,MA 02115
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10.1111/j.1559-1816.1991.tb00526.x
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B84 [心理学];
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04 ; 0402 ;
摘要
Hypotheses regarding the effects of personal values and accountability on the resolution of ethical dilemmas in management were formulated and tested experimentally with a sample of 135 M.B.A. students. Personal values were found to be related to how subjects chose to resolve an ethical dilemma presented to them; but, as expected, this relationship did not hold when subjects were made to feel accountable to another for their choices. Accountability, unexpectedly, however, did not have a main effect on choices. This lack of an effect tentatively was attributed to the inexplicitness of the accountability manipulations. In a second and third experiment, support for the importance of explicitness in accountability research was obtained. The theoretical and practical implications of the findings from all three experiments were discussed. Copyright © 1991, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved
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页码:380 / 396
页数:17
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