Cultural influences on moral reasoning capacities of purchasing managers: A comparison across the Taiwan Strait

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chieh-Yu Lin ◽  
Yi-Hui Ho
Keyword(s):  
Moral Development ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Taiwan Strait ◽  
Defining Issues Test ◽  
Purchasing Managers ◽  
The Taiwan Strait

The authors utilized the Defining Issues Test (Rest, 1979) to analyze the moral reasoning capacities of purchasing managers in Taiwan and mainland China. The findings revealed that the respondents all focused more on the conventional level than on the postconventional level of moral development as both of these areas are influenced by Chinese culture. The moral reasoning capacities of Taiwanese purchasing managers were found to be different to some extent from those of their Chinese counterparts.

Collectivism in Moral Development

1997 ◽  
Vol 80 (3) ◽  
pp. 967-975 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chang-Ho C. Ji
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Moral Development ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Defining Issues Test ◽  
T Test ◽  
Regression Analyses ◽  
Asian People

This study investigated the relations among ethnicity, moral reasoning, and collectivism by administering the Defining Issues Test and the Individualism-Collectivism Scale to 165 Euro-American and Asian graduate students. To the data were applied analyses of variance, correlation, t test, and regression analyses. The analysis indicated that the Asian subjects had lower P scores on the Defining Issues Test so Kohlberg's model may not incorporate the concerns and experience of Asian people. The study also showed that scores on collectivism were not necessarily associated with low P scores.

scholarly journals Differences in Moral Reasoning Among Medical Graduates Compared With Graduates of Other Degrees and Adults Without Professional Degrees

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Guadalupe Jean-Tron ◽  
Diana Ávila-Montiel ◽  
Horacio Márquez-González ◽  
Gina del Carmen Chapa-Koloffon ◽  
José Antonio Orozco-Morales ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Moral Development ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Education Level ◽  
Defining Issues Test ◽  
Master's Students ◽  
Social Construct ◽  
Medical Graduates ◽  
Education Levels ◽  
Natural Characteristic ◽  
Professional Degrees

Abstract Background. When we talk about morality, a question arises as to whether it is a natural characteristic of humans—that is, whether it is what people should pursue as individuals or whether it is a social construct. Kohlberg established six progressive stages of moral judgment that form three levels of moral development, showing the development of people’s thinking on moral issues that is characterized by the aforementioned criteria. Methods. This study’s objective was to compare the level of moral reasoning among graduate students in medicine with a group of young graduates from other degrees and a group of non-professional adults.The moral reasoning questionnaire (Defining Issues Test, DIT) designed by James Rest based on Kohlberg’s theory (Rest 1979) was applied. In total, 304 questionnaires were completed. Results. Depending on the population studied, differences have been found in the profile of moral development. The profile of family clinic users showed a very high predominance of subjects in category 1 at 70%, but only 4.5% in category 3, while in the group of pediatric specialty students, 37.5% were found in category 1 and 34% in category 3. They were the group with the highest percentage in this category. This vast difference could be because the differences in the age and socio-education levels of the beneficiaries are much wider than that of the residents. However, differences are also found if the profiles of residents are compared with those of master’s students because the latter comprised 56% in category 1 and 19% in category 3. We also found differences in the profiles of moral development based on the highest education level. Conclusions. Based on the results of this study, the population could be classified into three levels of moral development, the first level being the predominant one and the third the least common, as we expected prior to the study. The reason why some individuals reach the highest level while others do not remains a question to be addressed. The results show us that there is a difference in some populations depending on education level and even the type of degree pursued.

Multicultural Experiences and Moral Development: an Empirical Study of Purchasing Managers

2009 ◽  
Vol 37 (7) ◽  
pp. 889-894 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chieh -Yu Lin
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Moral Development ◽  
Defining Issues Test ◽  
Purchasing Managers ◽  
Multicultural Experiences ◽  
The Relationship

This study was an investigation of the relationship between multicultural experiences and moral development. A sample of 227 purchasing managers was assessed in relation to their multicultural experiences and moral development as measured by the Defining Issues Test (Rest, 1979). Results indicated that moral development is significantly positively related to multicultural experiences, particularly the depth of the experiences.

Across the Taiwan Strait: Mainland China, Taiwan, and the 1995-1996 Crisis

2001 ◽  
Vol 74 (1) ◽  
pp. 111
Author(s):  
Gerald Chan ◽  
Suisheng Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Mainland China ◽  
Taiwan Strait ◽  
The Taiwan Strait

scholarly journals Examining Moral Reasoning and Transactional Leadership behaviour in the Nigerian Public Sector

2015 ◽  
Vol 7 (3(J)) ◽  
pp. 110-118
Author(s):  
Chikelu Okey Felix ◽  
Rosita Bint Arshad .
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Moral Development ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Leadership Styles ◽  
Transactional Leadership ◽  
Leadership Style ◽  
Structural Model ◽  
Defining Issues Test ◽  
Cognitive Moral Development ◽  
The Individual

The relationship between moral reasoning and leadership style has received considerable attention for decades, however this has been not fully explicated as different leadership styles elist different ethical values. What constitutes moral behaviour is conflicting and subjective. This study examines public leaders’ degree of moral judgment associated with leadership styles in a public sector organization. To test the hypothesized relationship, data were collected using questionnaire survey distributed to 550 workers out which 300 were found worthy to be used. The Defining Issues Test (DIT2) and the Multifactor leadership questionnaire (MLQ X5) were completed by leaders and subordinates respectively. The PLS path analysis of the structural model indicates significant statistical relationship between cognitive moral development (CMD) and transactional leadership style (TSL) ( β= -0.214, P< 0.012). However, we argue that cognitive moral development is amiable to the individual qualities of the leader that might necessitate the application of particular leadership style and behaviour. We also found collaboration evidence that leaders high in cognitive moral development are perceived more as transformational leaders by their subordinates. Finally, we suggest that the dichotomies between moral reasoning and leadership style are hinged more on individual leadership values and motivational beliefs.

scholarly journals An Empirical Cross-Cultural Study of Moral Judgment Development in Mainland China

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 228-245
Author(s):  
Qian Zhang ◽  
Stephen J. Thoma
Keyword(s):  
Moral Judgment ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Chinese Culture ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Defining Issues Test ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Personal Interest ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Stage 4 ◽  
Developmental Index

The Chinese version of Rest’s Defining Issues Test II was administered to 113 subjects in Mainland China (n=113, average age=34.7). The scores on development of moral judgment were compared with those of the online mega sample of American participants from 2011 to 2014. Results are as followings: 1. Chinese participants show the same pattern with Americans by both sex and education. 2. Chinese participants show different pattern from Americans by religious orthodoxy and humanitarian. 3. Chinese participants score higher in meaningless items than Americans. 4. Chinese participants score higher in stage 3 while Americans score higher in stage 4. The authors draw the conclusions as follows: with Chinese participants, 1. There is a significant relationship between education and moral judgment developmental index scores. 2. There is also a significant relationship between sex and moral judgment developmental index scores. 3. There shows no significant relationship between religious orthodoxy and moral judgment developmental index scores. 4. It is more difficult for them to tell the meaningless items in DIT2. 5. Since Chinese culture thinks less of laws and norms, Chinese participants favour personal interest schema more than maintaining norms schema.

Parenting and Moral Development

2019 ◽  
pp. 2-18
Author(s):  
Deborah J. Laible ◽  
Gustavo Carlo ◽  
Laura M. Padilla-Walker
Keyword(s):  
Moral Development ◽  
Moral Reasoning ◽  
Perspective Taking ◽  
Cultural Influences ◽  
Moral Cognition ◽  
Complex Nature ◽  
Relational Quality ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Parent Child

This chapter provides an overview of the volume and lays out the ways in which both parenting and moral development are multidimensional constructs. Parenting, for example, includes both broad indices of dyadic relational quality (such as security and warmth) and more specific practices (including discipline/control, rewards, and parent-child conversations). Moral development is equally complex and involves a wide range of moral affects (e.g., empathy, guilt, forgiveness), moral cognition (e.g., moral reasoning, perspective-taking), and values/identity-related processes. Thus, we highlight the complex nature of both constructs and argue that researchers need to take a nuanced approach to understanding the interplay between parenting and moral development. Finally, we also explain how the interplay between parenting and moral development is further complicated by the transactional processes between the two constructs and by cultural influences. We then provide an overview of each of the sections of the volume.

scholarly journals Shakespeare across the Taiwan Strait: A Developmental Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (35) ◽  
pp. 115-131
Author(s):  
Yu Sun ◽  
Longhai Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Nineteenth Century ◽  
Mainland China ◽  
Taiwan Strait ◽  
Colonial Period ◽  
Developmental Perspective ◽  
Early Nineteenth Century ◽  
Chinese Theatre ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Taiwan Strait ◽  
Cao Yu

Shakespeare studies in Mainland China and Taiwan evolved from the same origin during the two centuries after Shakespeare being introduced into China in the early nineteenth century. Although Shakespeare was first seen on the Taiwan stage in the Japanese language during the colonial period, it was after Kuomintang moved to Taiwan in 1949 that Shakespeare studies began to flourish when scholars and theatrical experts from mainland China, such as Liang Shih-Chiu, Yu Er-Chang, Wang Sheng-shan and others brought Chinese Shakespeare to Taiwan. Since the 1980s, mainland Shakespeareans began to communicate actively with their colleagues in Taiwan. With the continuous efforts of Cao Yu, Fang Ping, Meng Xianqiang, Gu Zhengkun, Yang Lingui and many other scholars in mainland China and Chu Li-Min, Yen Yuan-shu, Perng Ching-Hsi and other scholars in Taiwan, communications and conversations on Shakespeare studies across the Taiwan Strait were gradually enhanced in recent years. Meanwhile, innovations in Chinese adaptations of Shakespeare have resulted in a new performing medium, Shake-xiqu, through which theatrical practitioners on both sides explore possibilities of a union of Shakespeare and traditional Chinese theatre. This paper studies some intricate relationship in the history of Shakespeare studies in mainland China and Taiwan from a developmental perspective and suggests opportunities for positive and effective co-operations and interactions in the future.

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