HCBE Faculty Articles
Title
Collective versus individualist national cultures: Comparing Taiwan and US employee attitudes towards unethical business practices
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2009
Publication Title
Business & Society
ISSN or ISBN
0007-6503
Volume
48
Issue/Number
1
First Page
39
Last Page
59
Abstract/Excerpt
The business environment has increasingly expanded outside single nations or regions of the world to encompass many differing countries. Along with this expansion come business opportunities and challenges when facing business practices and attitudes not so similar to our own. In studying how these national cultural differences affect ethical decision making, managers and employees alike gain an understanding and respect for those differing business practices. This study considers the national cultural dimension of collectivism versus individualism. Survey data were gathered from 252 full-time employees working in the collective country of Taiwan and the individualist country of the United States of America. Results indicate that employees from the collective culture of Taiwan are more likely to indicate they would make an unethical decision that benefits the organization and less likely to openly question an unethical practice by their organization. Implications of these findings are discussed.
DOI
10.1177/0007650307299224
NSUWorks Citation
Sims, Randi L., "Collective versus individualist national cultures: Comparing Taiwan and US employee attitudes towards unethical business practices" (2009). HCBE Faculty Articles. 123.
https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hcbe_facarticles/123
