TY - JFULL AU - N. Mustamil and M. Quaddus PY - 2009/7/ TI - Antecedent Factors of Ethical Ideologies in Moral Judgment: Evidence from the Mixed Method Study T2 - International Journal of Psychological and Behavioral Sciences SP - 1089 EP - 1098 VL - 3 SN - 1307-6892 UR - https://publications.waset.org/pdf/5084 PU - World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology NX - Open Science Index 30, 2009 N2 - This research investigates the factors that influence moral judgments when dealing with ethical dilemmas in the organizational context. It also investigates the antecedents of individual ethical ideology (idealism and relativism). A mixed method study, which combines qualitative (field study) and quantitative (survey) approaches, was used in this study. An initial model was developed first, which was then fine-tuned based on field studies. Data were collected from managers in Malaysian large organizations. The results of this study reveal that in-group collectivism culture, power distance culture, parental values, and religiosity were significant as antecedents of ethical ideology. However, direct effects of these variables on moral judgment were not significant. Furthermore, the results of this study confirm the significant effects of ethical ideology on moral judgment. This study provides valuable insight into evaluating the validity of existing theory as proposed in the literature and offers significant practical implications. ER -