A Time-Lagged Study of the Relationship Between Big Five Personality and Ethical Ideology |
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| Authors: | Tariq Iqbal Khan Aisha Akbar Farooq Ahmed Jam Muhammad Mohtsham Saeed |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Management Sciences, Muhammad Ali Jinnah University;2. Institute of Graduate Studies, University of Malaya;3. Department of Management, International Islamic University |
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| Abstract: | Our objective is to examine the effects of Big Five personality traits on ethical ideologies using a time-lagged design of 406 employees of higher education institutions in Pakistan. Based on low/high idealism versus relativism, we investigate the conceptual linkage between each of the personality traits and moral philosophy. The results illustrate that extraversion and openness to experience believed on subjectivism moral philosophy, agreeableness believed on situationism, and neuroticism believed on absolutism moral philosophies. In addition, contentiousness believed on exceptionism moral philosophy. Furthermore, managerial implications and future research directions are suggested. |
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| Keywords: | Big Five personality business ethics ethical ideology idealism relativism psychology |
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