Business Ethics Quarterly · 2010 · 163 citations · 48 references
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Abstract Two studies tested the relationship between three facets of personality—conscientiousness, agreeableness, and openness to experience—as well as moral identity, on individuals’ ethical ideology. Study 1 showed that moral personality and the centrality of moral identity to the self were associated with a more principled (versus expedient) ethical ideology in a sample of female speech therapists. Study 2 replicated these findings in a sample of male and female college students, and showed that ideology mediated the relationship between personality, moral identity, and two organizationally relevant outcomes: organizational citizenship behavior and the propensity to morally disengage. Implications for business ethics are discussed.
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Reuben M. Baron, David A. Kenny · Journal of Personality and Social Psychology · 1986 · 69.4K citations
Statistical Considerations, Social Psychology, Interpersonal Relationships +8