Does Collectivism Affect Environmental Ethics? A Multi-level Study of Top Management Teams from Chemical Firms in China

Xinran Wang; Michael YOUNG

doi:10.1007/s10551-013-1761-8

Does Collectivism Affect Environmental Ethics? A Multi-level Study of Top Management Teams from Chemical Firms in China

Xinran Wang^*, Michael YOUNG

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This study tests the effects of top management team (TMT) member collectivistic values and TMT dissatisfaction with the financial situation on the environmental ethics of TMT members. We also examine the moderating effect of collectivistic values on the relationship between financial dissatisfaction and environmental ethics. Analyses of multi-level and source data show that financial dissatisfaction of the TMT negatively affects TMT members' environmental ethics. However, TMT members' individual collectivism can increase TMT members' environmental ethics. Analyses also show that TMT members' collectivism moderates the relationship between financial dissatisfaction and environmental ethics across individual and team levels.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	387-394
Number of pages	8
Journal	Journal of Business Ethics
Volume	122
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-013-1761-8
Publication status	Published - Jun 2014

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Business and International Management
Business, Management and Accounting(all)
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Economics and Econometrics
Law

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Collectivism
Environmental ethics
Financial dissatisfaction
Top management team

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