Gender Differences in Individual Dishonesty Profiles
Dishonesty has an enormous impact on all aspects of our society. It causes huge financial losses annually, so efforts to understand dishonest behavior have increased. However, one of the main questions yet to be answered is whether dishonesty varies according to gender. Do men behave more dishonestl...
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| author | Adrián Muñoz García Beatriz Gil-Gómez de Liaño Beatriz Gil-Gómez de Liaño Beatriz Gil-Gómez de Liaño David Pascual-Ezama |
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| description | Dishonesty has an enormous impact on all aspects of our society. It causes huge financial losses annually, so efforts to understand dishonest behavior have increased. However, one of the main questions yet to be answered is whether dishonesty varies according to gender. Do men behave more dishonestly than women? Although the literature points to a yes, there is still no consensus on the matter. We examined gender differences in dishonesty in a large sample (N = 2,452) using a model recently developed by Pascual-Ezama et al. It is a variation of the classic die-under-the-cup task. It enabled us to identify individual dishonesty profiles and look for gender differences between them. The results show that the men were more prone to behave dishonestly than women with small rewards, who seem satisfied without maximizing the potential reward. However, the differences vanished when there was no reward. The men also showed more radical dishonest behavior than the women. The results also suggest that gender differences might be shaped by factors other than gender. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-290ab8ff66744df3aa7329aa407372062022-12-21T22:42:29ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychology1664-10782021-12-011210.3389/fpsyg.2021.728115728115Gender Differences in Individual Dishonesty ProfilesAdrián Muñoz García0Beatriz Gil-Gómez de Liaño1Beatriz Gil-Gómez de Liaño2Beatriz Gil-Gómez de Liaño3David Pascual-Ezama4Department of Methodology and Social Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainDepartment of Methodology and Social Psychology, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, SpainDepartment of Experimental Psychology, Cognitive Processes, and Speech Therapy, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, SpainCenter for Biomedical Technology, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Madrid, SpainAccounting and Financial Administration Department, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Madrid, SpainDishonesty has an enormous impact on all aspects of our society. It causes huge financial losses annually, so efforts to understand dishonest behavior have increased. However, one of the main questions yet to be answered is whether dishonesty varies according to gender. Do men behave more dishonestly than women? Although the literature points to a yes, there is still no consensus on the matter. We examined gender differences in dishonesty in a large sample (N = 2,452) using a model recently developed by Pascual-Ezama et al. It is a variation of the classic die-under-the-cup task. It enabled us to identify individual dishonesty profiles and look for gender differences between them. The results show that the men were more prone to behave dishonestly than women with small rewards, who seem satisfied without maximizing the potential reward. However, the differences vanished when there was no reward. The men also showed more radical dishonest behavior than the women. The results also suggest that gender differences might be shaped by factors other than gender.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.728115/fulldishonestygender differencesdishonesty classificationdie taskexperimental |
| spellingShingle | Adrián Muñoz García Beatriz Gil-Gómez de Liaño Beatriz Gil-Gómez de Liaño Beatriz Gil-Gómez de Liaño David Pascual-Ezama Gender Differences in Individual Dishonesty Profiles Frontiers in Psychology dishonesty gender differences dishonesty classification die task experimental |
| title | Gender Differences in Individual Dishonesty Profiles |
| title_full | Gender Differences in Individual Dishonesty Profiles |
| title_fullStr | Gender Differences in Individual Dishonesty Profiles |
| title_full_unstemmed | Gender Differences in Individual Dishonesty Profiles |
| title_short | Gender Differences in Individual Dishonesty Profiles |
| title_sort | gender differences in individual dishonesty profiles |
| topic | dishonesty gender differences dishonesty classification die task experimental |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.728115/full |
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