WHO'S WITH ME? FALSE CONSENSUS, BROKERAGE, AND ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN ORGANIZATIONS

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Flynn, Francis J.; Wiltermuth, Scott S.
• 署名单位: Stanford University; University of Southern California
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/AMJ.2010.54533202
• 发表日期: 2010
• 页码: 1074-1089
• 关键词: egocentric bias; POWER; perception; self; centrality; BEHAVIOR

摘要

We propose that organization members overestimate the degree to which others share their views on ethical matters. Further, we argue that being a broker in an advice network exacerbates this false consensus bias. That is, a high level of betweenness centrality increases an individual's estimates of agreement with others on ethical issues beyond what is warranted by any actual increase in agreement. We tested these ideas in three separate samples: graduate business students, executive students, and employees. Individuals with higher betweenness centrality overestimated the level of agreement between their ethical judgments and their colleagues'.