The Impact of Workplace Mentors on the Moral Disengagement of Business Student Protégés

Autor/inn/en	Steinbauer, Robert; Renn, Robert W.; Chen, Shawna H.; Biggane, Jonathan; Deitz, George
Titel	The Impact of Workplace Mentors on the Moral Disengagement of Business Student Protégés
Quelle	In: Journal of Management Education, 44 (2020) 2, S.165-195 (31 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Steinbauer, Robert)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1052-5629
DOI	10.1177/1052562919892032
Schlagwörter	Moral Values; Business Administration Education; Mentors; Ethics; Business Schools; Teaching Methods; Program Descriptions; Leadership; Self Concept; Professional Personnel; Undergraduate Students; Critical Thinking; Leadership Training; Student Attitudes + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Moral value; Ethischer Wert; Ethik; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Führung; Führungsposition; Selbstkonzept; Personalbestand; Kritisches Denken; Führungslehre; Schülerverhalten
Abstract	Educators and practitioners often raise the question of whether business schools sufficiently prepare students to stay morally engaged when faced with ethical dilemmas in the workforce. Specifically, they criticize the theoretical nature of traditional in-class exercises for inhibiting students' moral development. We investigate the impact working business mentors have on business student moral disengagement. We collected three waves of data from an 8-month formal mentoring program that matched business students with working mentors from the business community. We found that student protégé moral disengagement decreased during the mentoring program as a function of mentor ethical leadership skills, moral identity internalization, and moral awareness. Consequently, we recommend that mentoring programs pay close attention to these mentor characteristics to elevate business student moral reasoning and avoid unintended negative consequences. To guide mentoring programs in this endeavor, we provide specific recommendations for structuring a training program that focuses on improving mentor critical thinking, moral awareness, and ethical leadership. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01