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How do you climb the corporate ladder? A multi-regional analysis of the ethical preferences for influencing superiors

  • David A. Ralston
  • , Carolyn P. Egri
  • , Irina Naoumova
  • , Florian Wangenheim
  • , Ping Ping Fu
  • , María Teresa De La Garza Carranza
  • , Laurie Milton
  • , Tania Casado
  • , Prem Ramburuth
  • , Mahfooz Ansari
  • , Liesl Riddle
  • , Ho Beng Chia
  • , Ilya Girson
  • , Malika Richards
  • , Ian Palmer
  • , David M. Brock
  • , Arif Butt
  • , Narasimhan Srinivasan
  • , Marina Dabic
  • , Arunas Starkus
  • Vojko V. Potocan, Harald Herrig, Tevfik Dalgic, Hung Vu Thanh, Phillip Hallinger, Francisco Castro, Olivier Furrer, Yong Lin Moon, Christine Kuo, Mario Molteni, Andre Pekerti, Moureen Tang, Paulina Wan, Tomasz Lenartowicz, Ana Maria Rossi, Isabelle Maignan, Ruth May, Donna Ledgerwood, Mark Weber, Wade Danis, Alan Wallace
  • University of Oklahoma
  • Simon Fraser University
  • University of Tennessee
  • TU Dortmund University
  • Chinese University of Hong Kong
  • Instituto Tecnológico de Celaya
  • University of Calgary
  • Western University
  • Universidade de São Paulo
  • University of New South Wales
  • Universiti Sains Malaysia
  • George Washington University
  • National University of Singapore
  • University of Westminster
  • Pennsylvania State University
  • University of Technology Sydney
  • Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
  • Lahore University of Management Sciences
  • University of Connecticut
  • Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek
  • Centre for International Business and Economic Research' Vilnius
  • University of Maribor
  • Grenoble Ecole de Management
  • University of Texas at Dallas
  • National Economics University
  • Mahidol University
  • University of Porto
  • Radboud University Nijmegen
  • Seoul National University
  • Yuan Ze University
  • Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
  • University of Queensland
  • Lingnan University
  • Florida Atlantic University
  • Clinica De Stress E Biofeedback
  • ING
  • University of Dallas
  • University of North Texas
  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • Georgia State University

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Abstract

We investigate upward influence ethics in 35 societies. A global converging was found on the acceptability of different types of upward influence ethics. Differences among the regions, and societies within each region, as well as this overarching trend of consistency, were also found. Additionally, macro-level (economic wealth), as well as the micro-level (egalitarian commitment- conservatism), factors provide predictive power for this model. Thus, our findings provide evidence that a global model should be based on multiple-level variables.

Original languageEnglish
JournalAcademy of Management Annual Meeting Proceedings
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
Event65th Annual Meeting of the Academy of Management, AOM 2005 - Honolulu, HI, United States
Duration: 5 Aug 200510 Aug 2005

Keywords

  • Cross-cultural
  • Ethical behaviors
  • Upward influence

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Management Information Systems
  • Industrial Relations
  • Management of Technology and Innovation

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