An Empirical Look at the Use of Managerial and Non‐Managerial Student Subjects for Inquiries into Ethical Management
David C. Wyld
(Associate Professor of Management at Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana)
Coy A. Jones
(Professor of Human Resource Management in the Fogelman College of Business and Economics at the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee)
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Abstract
For years behavioural researchers have debated the representativeness of research studies using students as subjects. Yet, Randall and Gibson's (1990) review of methodology in business ethics research found that student samples were used in one‐third of the studies. Hunt and Vitell (1986) framed the concern of student sample representativeness as follows:
Citation
Wyld, D.C. and Jones, C.A. (1997), "An Empirical Look at the Use of Managerial and Non‐Managerial Student Subjects for Inquiries into Ethical Management", Management Research News, Vol. 20 No. 9, pp. 18-30. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb028574
Publisher
:MCB UP Ltd
Copyright © 1997, MCB UP Limited