The Relationship Between Music Engagement And Ethical Decision-Making Among The Owner Manager In Service Sector
Year: 2018
Type: dissertation
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: Ethical decisions are crucial in business or any profit-making organizations \nas these decisions affect the income. The quality of decisions is often affected by \nseveral factors such as music engagement, locus of control, personal spiritual belief, \nand personal ethics. The ethical problems were reported at 37% in Nation and this \nmotivated a momentum in more research in business ethics in Malaysia. There was \nalso lack of empirical studies done in ethical decision-making. The purposes of this \nstudy aims to examine the interrelationship between music engagement, personal \nspiritual belief, personal ethics, locus of control and ethical decision-making. The \ndirect relationships of; i) music engagement and ethical decision-making, ii) \npersonal spiritual belief and ethical decision-making, and iii) personal ethics and \nethical decision-making were examined. The indirect relationships of personal ethics \nas the mediator on the relationships between music engagement and ethical \ndecision-making as well as personal spiritual belief and ethical decision-making \nwere examined. Besides, the locus of control was tested as a moderator on the \nrelationships between personal ethics and ethical decision-making. Rest (1986) \nmodel and ethical theories were used to support the whole research framework. The \nunit of analysis in this study was owner manager in service sector of SMEs. The \npurposive sampling technique was employed in the data collections. A total of 273 \nsamples were collected throughout this research.
Author: Chong Tat Chua
Language: English
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3127945683