Developing Efficacy Beliefs for Ethics and Diversity Management

Business schools are increasingly expected to prepare students to deal with ethics and diversity issues in organizational life. To do so, students need both the requisite skills and the belief that they can manage ethics and diversity issues effectively. Accordingly, we describe an approach for deve...

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Published inAcademy of Management learning & education Vol. 11; no. 1; pp. 49 - 68
Main Authors NELSON, JOHNATHAN K., POMS, LAURA WHEELER, WOLF, PAIGE P.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Briarcliff Manor Academy of Management 01.03.2012
Subjects
Business education
Business ethics
Curricula
Ethical behavior
Ethical instruction
Ethics
Learning
Management education
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Recommendations
RESEARCH & REVIEWS
Self efficacy
Social ethics
Student diversity
Student teaching
Studies
Writing assignments
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Summary:Business schools are increasingly expected to prepare students to deal with ethics and diversity issues in organizational life. To do so, students need both the requisite skills and the belief that they can manage ethics and diversity issues effectively. Accordingly, we describe an approach for developing students' ethics and diversity efficacy beliefs in an introductory organizational behavior course. Results suggest that a required writing assignment increased efficacy beliefs on the chosen topic (diversity or ethics management) beyond that accounted for by course content. Implications for business education are discussed.
ISSN:1537-260X
1944-9585
DOI:10.5465/amle.2009.00115