Abstract
As businesses become more global, the opportunities for employees
to work with individuals from different cultures increase. Research in
cross-cultural interactions has increased in responses to such changes.
This research study considers employee attitudes and perceived
organizational support for the use of deception within the work
environment. In this study, two types of deception have been considered;
deception for personal gain and deception for the organization's benefit.
The reported likelihood for committing these two types of deception for
United States and Israeli employees was gathered. The results indicate
that United States employees are more likely to deceive others for
personal gain than the Israeli employees. In addition, the results
indicate that United States employees were more likely to perceive
organizational support for the use of deception for personal gain than
were the Israeli employees. No differences between the two samples were
found for personal or organizational support for deception for the
organization's benefit. Differences are explained using Hofstede's (1991)
theory of international cultures.
Key Terms: international cultures, Israel, workplace deception
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