Title

Is Management Theory Too "Self-Ish"?

Keywords

Ethics; Moral judgment; Psychological egoism; Self-interest

Abstract

Within the realm of management and the other social sciences, many scholars have used self-interest explanations to account for individual judgment, decision making, and behavior with respect to a variety of issues in the domains of ethics and justice. In this article, the authors address the descriptive claim that all human behavior can ultimately be traced to underlying self-interest. Reviewing arguments from the philosophical literatures and evidence from management, social psychology, and behavioral economics, the authors argue that exclusively relying on self-interest explanations is a bad scientific strategy that discourages researchers from considering other determinants of how people behave. © 2008 Southern Management Association. All rights reserved.

Publication Date

11-19-2008

Publication Title

Journal of Management

Volume

34

Issue

6

Number of Pages

1127-1151

Document Type

Article

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.1177/0149206308324321

Socpus ID

56049106855 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/56049106855

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