Analysis on the instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery among youths from different types of primary and secondary schools in Malaysia
Attitudes explain a wide range of behaviours including bribery. As the education environment plays a crucial role in communicating messages about what behaviour is acceptable, the ways we structure our school system could potentially influence how attitudes are shaped. In Malaysia, students attended...
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| author | Mengzhen, Lim Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira Mohd Khir, Azlina Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah |
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| description | Attitudes explain a wide range of behaviours including bribery. As the education environment plays a crucial role in communicating messages about what behaviour is acceptable, the ways we structure our school system could potentially influence how attitudes are shaped. In Malaysia, students attended different types of primary and secondary school (e.g. national and vernacular). Thus, this study aimed to explore the instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery of students attended four different types of primary and secondary schools. There were 198 Malaysian youths with an age range of 18 to 29 (M = 20.43) participated in this study. Instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery scales were used to measure both variables. Kruskal-Wallis test was used and the results indicated that there were no significant differences found between instrumental attitudes or experiential attitudes towards bribery among youths from four different types of schools selected in this study. However, some respondents claim that offering a small amount of money is more acceptable than offering a large amount of money. The implied that the acceptability of a dishonest act depends on its seriousness. |
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| spelling | upm-958012023-03-30T07:44:45Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/95801/ Analysis on the instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery among youths from different types of primary and secondary schools in Malaysia Mengzhen, Lim Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira Mohd Khir, Azlina Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah Attitudes explain a wide range of behaviours including bribery. As the education environment plays a crucial role in communicating messages about what behaviour is acceptable, the ways we structure our school system could potentially influence how attitudes are shaped. In Malaysia, students attended different types of primary and secondary school (e.g. national and vernacular). Thus, this study aimed to explore the instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery of students attended four different types of primary and secondary schools. There were 198 Malaysian youths with an age range of 18 to 29 (M = 20.43) participated in this study. Instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery scales were used to measure both variables. Kruskal-Wallis test was used and the results indicated that there were no significant differences found between instrumental attitudes or experiential attitudes towards bribery among youths from four different types of schools selected in this study. However, some respondents claim that offering a small amount of money is more acceptable than offering a large amount of money. The implied that the acceptability of a dishonest act depends on its seriousness. Human Resource Management Academic Research Society 2021 Article PeerReviewed Mengzhen, Lim and Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira and Mohd Khir, Azlina and Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah (2021) Analysis on the instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery among youths from different types of primary and secondary schools in Malaysia. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 11 (11). 1767 - 1784. ISSN 2222-6990 https://hrmars.com/index.php/IJARBSS/article/view/11660/Analysis-on-the-Instrumental-and-Experiential-Attitudes-towards-Bribery-among-Youths-from-Different-Types-of-Primary-and-Secondary-Schools-in-Malaysia 10.6007/IJARBSS/v11-i11/11660 |
| spellingShingle | Mengzhen, Lim Wan Jaafar, Wan Munira Mohd Khir, Azlina Hamsan, Hanina Halimatusaadiah Analysis on the instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery among youths from different types of primary and secondary schools in Malaysia |
| title | Analysis on the instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery among youths from different types of primary and secondary schools in Malaysia |
| title_full | Analysis on the instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery among youths from different types of primary and secondary schools in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Analysis on the instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery among youths from different types of primary and secondary schools in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Analysis on the instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery among youths from different types of primary and secondary schools in Malaysia |
| title_short | Analysis on the instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery among youths from different types of primary and secondary schools in Malaysia |
| title_sort | analysis on the instrumental and experiential attitudes towards bribery among youths from different types of primary and secondary schools in malaysia |
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