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Does National Culture Affect Willingness to Justify Ethically Suspect Behaviors?

A Focus on the GLOBE National Culture Scheme

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, USA, parbotek{at}uww.edu

James W. Bronson

University of Wisconsin - Whitewater, USA, bronsonj{at}uww.edu

John B. Cullen

Washington State University, USA, cullenj{at}wsu.edu

In this article, we examine the relationship of the Global Leadership and Organizational Behavior Effectiveness national culture dimensions with the willingness of 27,459 individuals located in 21 nations to justify ethically suspect behaviors. Hierarchical Linear Modeling (HLM), a technique well suited for cross-level studies, is employed to test the hypothesized relationships from data made available by the World Values Survey. Results support our hypotheses with regard to performance orientation, assertiveness, institutional collectivism and humane orientation. However, results surprisingly reject our hypotheses on power distance and uncertainty avoidance. We discuss these counterintuitive findings and elaborate on the study’s implications for both research and practice.

Key Words: GLOBE national culture • hierarchical linear modeling • unethical behavior

International Journal of Cross Cultural Management, Vol. 5, No. 2, 123-138 (2005)
DOI: 10.1177/1470595805054489


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