Exploratory factor analysis of the ethical orientation scale
This study is to validate the 20 items of Ethics Position Questionnaire scale, developed by Forsyth (1980) within the Malaysian environment. It is necessary to find out the relevancy of the items towards Malaysian culture since the scale is originated from the western country. In addition, this st...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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FEP
2012
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5687/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5687/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/5687/1/vol3ch1.pdf |
| Summary: | This study is to validate the 20 items of Ethics Position Questionnaire scale, developed by Forsyth (1980) within the
Malaysian environment. It is necessary to find out the relevancy of the items towards Malaysian culture since the scale is
originated from the western country. In addition, this study is also aims to understand the structure of correlations among
each measured variables. An exploratory factor analysis is applied in order to generate simpler and more explicitly defined
constructs to classify the ethical orientation scales based on Malaysian respondents. The results revealed that there are
only 13 items of the Ethics Position Questionnaire scale used to measure the ethical orientation of an individual. The
seven (7) items are dropped from the total items due to two reasons: (1) Insufficient item loading on the component and
(2) Duplication of questions. In contrary to the previous findings, the constructs found in this study are being classified
into three dimensions rather than two dimensions of ethical orientation. The rationalization of the new dimensions and
implications of the findings are discussed. |
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