The Relationship Between Music Engagement And Ethical Decision-Making Among The Owner Manager In Service Sector
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Date
2018-08
Authors
Chua, Chong Tat
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Universiti Sains Malaysia
Abstract
Ethical decisions are crucial in business or any profit-making organizations
as these decisions affect the income. The quality of decisions is often affected by
several factors such as music engagement, locus of control, personal spiritual belief,
and personal ethics. The ethical problems were reported at 37% in Nation and this
motivated a momentum in more research in business ethics in Malaysia. There was
also lack of empirical studies done in ethical decision-making. The purposes of this
study aims to examine the interrelationship between music engagement, personal
spiritual belief, personal ethics, locus of control and ethical decision-making. The
direct relationships of; i) music engagement and ethical decision-making, ii)
personal spiritual belief and ethical decision-making, and iii) personal ethics and
ethical decision-making were examined. The indirect relationships of personal ethics
as the mediator on the relationships between music engagement and ethical
decision-making as well as personal spiritual belief and ethical decision-making
were examined. Besides, the locus of control was tested as a moderator on the
relationships between personal ethics and ethical decision-making. Rest (1986)
model and ethical theories were used to support the whole research framework. The
unit of analysis in this study was owner manager in service sector of SMEs. The
purposive sampling technique was employed in the data collections. A total of 273
samples were collected throughout this research. The Partial Least Square Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) approach was then used in the data analysis. The
finding revealed that three out of five direct relationships are significant.
Additionally, there was a mediation effect on the relationships between music
engagement and ethical decision-making as well as personal spiritual belief and
ethical decision-making. Guided by the outcome of this study, the theoretical and
practical contributions were articulated. Future research and possible suggestions
and limitations of the study were discussed in the end of the thesis.
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Management