The perception of hiring managers on ethical values: a study of hiring managers from multinational companies in Penang
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2010
Authors
Mohamad, Abd Hamid
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Abstract
This research studied the relationship of demographic factors such as age, gender, ethnic,
education, marital status, managerial/employment level and employer’s country of origin
with the perception of hiring managers on ethical values. This research is exploratory and
will reveal the purpose by using primary data through questionnaire as research
methodology. The demographic factors were used as independent variables and the
perception of hiring managers on the importance of ethical values as dependent variable.
Data collected were analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS)
version 16. The analyses were conducted for descriptive, factor, reliability, correlation
and regression. Seven hypotheses were tested with the respondents received from hiring
managers who are from multinational companies in Penang. The hypotheses indicated
that age, marital status, managerial/employment level and employer’s country of origin
had significant relationship with the perception of hiring managers on ethical values. On
the other hand, gender, ethnic and education did not showed significant relationship with
the perception of hiring managers on ethical values. The outcome of this research can be
used to recommend to the organization about the importance of ethical values as an agent
of sustainability to the organizations.
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Business Administration , Ethical Values , Hiring Managers