The social desirability response bias in ethics research

1991 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 805-817 ◽  
Author(s):  
Donna M. Randall ◽  
Maria F. Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Social Desirability Response Bias ◽  
Ethics Research ◽  
The Social

scholarly journals MEASUREMENT AND SOCIAL DESIRABILITY RESPONSE BIAS IN EXPERIMENTAL VIGNETTE RESARCH: A TEST OF FAZIO’S MODE THEORY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Stolte
Keyword(s):  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Attitude Measurement ◽  
Social Approval ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Mode Theory ◽  
Social Desirability Response Bias ◽  
The Social

BACKGROUND. Experimental vignette research methods have been used to study a diverse range of theoretical and practical issues. Vignettes are designed to create hypothetical cultural/normative contexts for the study of variation in self-reported attitudes. A key problem in such research, however, is potential social desirability response bias. METHOD. A vignette experimental test of an hypothesis derived from a dual-process theory (the MODE framework initially developed by Fazio) linking explicit vs. implicit self-reported attitude measurement and social desirability response bias is reported here. RESULTS. The data show that measuring the social approval of a central vignette character explicitly results in greater social desirability responding than measuring such approval implicitly, supporting MODE theory. CONCLUSIONS. Vignette research methodologies provide a rich, flexible toolkit for studying many important social psychological topics, including issues of inequality and equity. However, researchers can and should design a measurement strategy that carefully manages inferences drawn in light of conditions likely to produce social desirability response bias.

scholarly journals Evidence Of Social Desirability Response Bias In Ethics Research: An International Study

2011 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard A. Bernardi ◽  
Erin L. Delorey ◽  
Catherine C. LaCross ◽  
Rebecca A. Waite
Keyword(s):  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Business Students ◽  
International Study ◽  
The United States ◽  
International Studies ◽  
Business Practices ◽  
Transparency International ◽  
Social Desirability Response Bias ◽  
Ethics Research

<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 0in 0.5in 0pt;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman;"><span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This paper analyzes the association between ethical perceptions of questionable business practices and Hofstede&rsquo;s Individualism, </span>Transparency International&rsquo;s C<span style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">orruption Index, and social desirability response bias.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The sample consists of 1,048 business students from ten countries: Canada, Colombia, Ecuador, Hong Kong, Ireland, Japan, Nepal, South Africa, Spain, and the United States.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>The results of our analysis indicate that, while Hofstede&rsquo;s (1980) cultural construct of Individualism was significant for two of the questions, social desirability response bias was the most consistent variable in modeling subjects&rsquo; responses.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span>Our data indicate that social desirability response bias should be controlled for when using self-reported data in ethics and/or international studies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">&nbsp; </span></span></span></span></p>

Measurement And Social Desirability Response Bias In Experimental Vignette Research: A Test Of Fazio's Mode Theory (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Stolte
Keyword(s):  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Attitude Measurement ◽  
Social Approval ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Mode Theory ◽  
Social Desirability Response Bias ◽  
The Social

BACKGROUND Experimental vignette research methods have been used to study a diverse range of theoretical and practical issues. Vignettes are designed to create hypothetical cultural/normative contexts for the study of variation in self-reported attitudes. A key problem in such research, however, is potential social desirability response bias. OBJECTIVE The objective of the present experiment is to test an explicit theory explaining such bias. METHODS A vignette experimental test of an hypothesis derived from a dual-process theory (the MODE framework initially developed by Fazio) linking explicit vs. implicit self-reported attitude measurement and social desirability response bias is reported here. RESULTS The data show that measuring the social approval of a central vignette character explicitly results in greater social desirability responding than measuring such approval implicitly, supporting MODE theory. CONCLUSIONS Vignette research methodologies provide a rich, flexible toolkit for studying many important social psychological topics, including issues of inequality and equity. However, researchers can and should design a measurement strategy that carefully manages inferences drawn in light of conditions likely to produce social desirability response bias

scholarly journals MEASUREMENT AND SOCIAL DESIRABILITY RESPONSE BIAS IN EXPERIMENTAL VIGNETTE RESARCH: A TEST OF FAZIO’S MODE THEORY

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Stolte
Keyword(s):  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Attitude Measurement ◽  
Social Approval ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Mode Theory ◽  
Social Desirability Response Bias ◽  
The Social

BACKGROUND. Experimental vignette research methods have been used to study a diverse range of theoretical and practical issues. Vignettes are designed to create hypothetical cultural/normative contexts for the study of variation in self-reported attitudes. A key problem in such research, however, is potential social desirability response bias. METHOD. A vignette experimental test of an hypothesis derived from a dual-process theory (the MODE framework initially developed by Fazio) linking explicit vs. implicit self-reported attitude measurement and social desirability response bias is reported here. RESULTS. The data show that measuring the social approval of a central vignette character explicitly results in greater social desirability responding than measuring such approval implicitly, supporting MODE theory. CONCLUSIONS. Vignette research methodologies provide a rich, flexible toolkit for studying many important social psychological topics, including issues of inequality and equity. However, researchers can and should design a measurement strategy that carefully manages inferences drawn in light of conditions likely to produce social desirability response bias.

scholarly journals MEASUREMENT AND SOCIAL DESIRABILITY RESPONSE BIAS IN EXPERIMENTAL VIGNETTE RESEARCH: A TEST OF MODE THEORY

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Stolte
Keyword(s):  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Dual Process ◽  
Dual Process Theory ◽  
Attitude Measurement ◽  
Social Approval ◽  
Diverse Range ◽  
Mode Theory ◽  
Social Desirability Response Bias ◽  
The Social

BACKGROUND. Experimental vignette research methods have been used to study a diverse range of theoretical and practical issues. Vignettes are designed to create hypothetical cultural/normative contexts for the study of variation in self-reported attitudes. A key problem in such research, however, is potential social desirability response bias. METHOD. A vignette experimental test of an hypothesis derived from a dual-process theory (the MODE framework) linking explicit vs. implicit self-reported attitude measurement and social desirability response bias is reported here. RESULTS. The data show that measuring the social approval of a central vignette character explicitly results in greater social desirability responding than measuring such approval implicitly, supporting MODE theory. CONCLUSIONS. Vignette research methodologies provide a rich, flexible toolkit for studying important topics in clinical and health psychology. However, researchers can and should design a measurement strategy that carefully manages inferences drawn in light of conditions likely to produce social desirability response bias.

Are Sex Effects on Ethical Decision-Making Fake or Real? A Meta-Analysis on the Contaminating Role of Social Desirability Response Bias

2016 ◽  
Vol 120 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-48 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfeng Yang ◽  
Xiaodong Ming ◽  
Zhen Wang ◽  
Susan M. Adams
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Response Bias ◽  
Social Desirability ◽  
Ethical Decision ◽  
Ethical Decision Making ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Sex Effects ◽  
Social Desirability Response Bias ◽  
The Social

A meta-analysis of 143 studies was conducted to explore how the social desirability response bias may influence sex effects on ratings on measures of ethical decision-making. Women rated themselves as more ethical than did men; however, this sex effect on ethical decision-making was no longer significant when social desirability response bias was controlled. The indirect questioning approach was compared with the direct measurement approach for effectiveness in controlling social desirability response bias. The indirect questioning approach was found to be more effective.

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