Moral adaptability

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	Moral adaptability
	Chintakananda, K; & Bashshur, M
	2018-07-01
Publisher	Academy of Management
Abstract	Recent research suggests that moral behavior varies substantially within person over time (Meindl, Jayawickreme, Furr, & Fleeson, 2015). Yet little is known about what makes a person more or less likely to change their moral behavior. We introduce the construct of moral adaptability, defined as an individual’s propensity to vary his or her moral behavior over time, and develop and empirically validate a scale designed to capture the construct. Because moral adaptability refers simply to the propensity to vary rather than a general tendency to be moral or immoral (in contrast to most other moral constructs, e.g. moral identity), higher levels of moral adaptability are expected to lead to higher levels of both immoral and moral behavior. Data from two samples of undergraduate students in Singapore and one sample of working adults in the United States support a three dimensional structure (affect, cognition and willingness) for moral adaptability which all load on a second-order factor of moral adaptability. We demonstrate that moral adaptability predicts propensity to morally disengage above a host of traditional moral trait constructs (e.g., moral identity, utilitarianism) and that when individuals are low in moral identity (the internalization facet specifically), higher levels of moral adaptability relate to more charitable behavior but also a higher likelihood of morally disengaging.
Keyword	Ethics Measurement
URL	View the original
Language	英語English
Document Type	Conference proceedings
Collection	DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING
Corresponding Author	Chintakananda, K
Recommended Citation GB/T 7714	Chintakananda, K,& Bashshur, M. Moral adaptability[C]:Academy of Management, 2018.

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