Mexican Ethnic and White Ethnic American Supervisors' Ethical Decisions: Age, Education, and Gender

摘要

Supervisors' ethical decision-making is impacting organizations in dramatic ways. The problem was more needs to be understood about how supervisors' ethical decision-making differ to create more efficient interventions and training. There has been much research about influential factors on supervisors' ethical decision-making, but none of the researchers used random samples. The purpose of this correlational quantitative research study was to examine data from a random sample of Mexican and White Ethnicity American supervisors' ethical decision-making in relationship to independent variables age, education, and gender, while monitoring influences from dependent variables Hofstede's five cultural dimensions (power distance, uncertainty avoidance, individualism, masculinity-femininity, and long-term orientation) and PRESOR items. A survey instrument was used to understand the difference in the relationships between Hofstede's five cultural dimensions and ethical attitude level, as measured by perceptions of ethics and social responsibility (PRESOR), between Mexican ethnicity and White Ethnicity American supervisors. As well as to understand the difference in the relationships between Hofstede's five cultural dimensions and ethical attitude level, as measured by PRESOR, between Mexican ethnicity and White Ethnicity American supervisors when controlling for age, educational, and gender categories. This data is vital to understand to increase effective ethical training, increase effective interventions, increase organization's success rates, and help the economy. Finally, a brief discussion about differences between Mexican ethnicity and White Ethnicity American supervisors' ethical decision-making was provided and included differences in age, education, and gender. The researcher also included practical applications, future suggestions, and limitations.