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Religiosity and Ethical Behavior in Organizations: A Symbolic Interactionist Perspective
Abstract
Claims that religion can influence ethical behavior in business are plausible to many people but problematic in light of existing research. Our analysis indicates that religious role expectations, internalized as a religious self-identity, can influence ethical behavior. However, relationships of religious role expectations to behavior are moderated by religious identity salience and religious motivational orientation. We conclude by discussing the influence of organizational context on religious identity salience and the need for innovative and interdisciplinary empirical research on religion and ethical behavior in organizations.
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“Previous studies have revealed that an individual's religiosity is positively associated with their tendency to engage in ethical behaviour in business contexts (Longenecker et al., 2004;Weaver and Agle, 2002).”
From Sustainability startups and where to find them: Investigating the share of sustainability startups across entrepreneurial ecosystems and the causal drivers of differences (2021) · cites this paper as Weaver and Agle, 2002
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“as previous business research, as described above, has found religious belief to be positively associated with ethical behaviour (Longenecker et al., 2004;Weaver and Agle, 2002).”
From Sustainability startups and where to find them: Investigating the share of sustainability startups across entrepreneurial ecosystems and the causal drivers of differences (2021) · cites this paper as Weaver and Agle, 2002
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“One possible explanation for our result may be that lack of religiosity functions as a proxy for high levels of education, as religiosity and education have been shown to be inversely correlated (Glaeser and Sacerdote, 2008) and education to be linked to an orientation towards sustainability (Weaver and Agle, 2002).”
From Sustainability startups and where to find them: Investigating the share of sustainability startups across entrepreneurial ecosystems and the causal drivers of differences (2021) · cites this paper as Weaver and Agle, 2002
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“Finally, the share of religious people in the population was included as a measure of local religiosity; the presence of which was expected to induce higher shares of sustainability startups.”
From Sustainability startups and where to find them: Investigating the share of sustainability startups across entrepreneurial ecosystems and the causal drivers of differences (2021) · cites this paper as Weaver and Agle, 2002
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Behavioral Ethics in Organizations: A Review
Treviño, L. K., Weaver, G. R., & Reynolds, S. J. (2006) · Journal of Management · doi:10.1177/0149206306294258 · Cited by 1,837
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The Role of Religiosity in Ethical Decision-Making: A Study on Islam and the Malaysian Workplace
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Why religiosity is not enough in workplace ethical decision-making
Sulaiman, R. B., Toulson, P. K., Brougham, D., Lempp, F. D., & Khan, M. (2021) · Asian Journal of Business Ethics · doi:10.1007/s13520-021-00120-3 · Cited by 13
Metadata
- Authors
- Weaver, G. R., & Agle, B. R.
- Affiliations
- University of Delaware (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- ORCID
- Agle, Bradley R.
- Venue
- The Academy of Management Review
- Publisher
- Academy of Management
- Published
- 2002-01
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 77
- ISSN
- 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2156092314
- Cited by
- 954
- References
- 4
- Citations by year
- 2026: 29 · 2025: 45 · 2024: 60 · 2023: 58 · 2022: 75 · 2021: 75 · 2020: 69 · 2019: 61 · 2018: 57 · 2017: 55 · 2016: 46 · 2015: 52 · 2014: 42 · 2013: 45 · 2012: 33
- FWCI
- 25.01
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Academy of Management Review (publishedVersion)
- DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Ethics in Business and Education
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Workplace Spirituality and Leadership
- Social Sciences › Health › Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology
- Keywords
- religiosity, symbolic interactionism, religion and business ethics, organizational context
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