Using survey methodology we examined the relationships between commitment to moral selfimprovement (CMSI), religiosity, ethical problem recognition, and behavioral intentions in a sample of 242 business students. Results of the study suggest that CMSI predicts ethical problem recognition and behavioral intentions. Our findings also suggest that CMSI is positively related to religiosity. The study provides some evidence of CMSI being a mediator in the influence of religiosity on ethical problem recognition and behavioral intentions. Compared to religiosity, CMSI turned out to be a better predictor of perceived importance of ethics, ethical problem recognition, and ethical behavioral intentions. The results of the study have implications for increasing understanding of ethical decision-making, future studies of business ethics, and business ethics education.
Community sport events, like any other sports endeavor, must be concerned with continuous improvement in order to remain or become competitive over time. In this study, we document a survey method that links the social benefits community sport attendees sought to levels of satisfaction and behavioral intentions. Using a combination of techniques such as OLS regression and word clouds for analyzing quantitative and qualitative data from our survey, our findings suggest that knowledge of the social benefits desired by a specific sport subculture may have several practical uses. For example, an awareness of desired social benefits may allow community sport managers to design and develop events with higher and more consistent levels of attendee satisfaction as well as obtain, or maintain, support from community residents and leaders. High levels of attendee satisfaction are found to be significantly related to the perceived social benefits of a community sport event as well as to the perception of the importance of the sport event to the community and individual intentions to support the event in the future.
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