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Cognitive Moral Development and Real Estate Practitioners

Author: George Izzo

Start Page: 119
End Page: 141
Volume: 20
Issue Number: 1
Year: 2000
Publication: Journal of Real Estate Research

Abstract: In recent years, researchers in many organizational disciplines have begun to approach the study of ethics from a cognitive theoretical framework. This study has investigated the ethical reasoning of real estate practitioners using Kohlberg's cognitive moral development (CMD) approach, a potent theoretical concept with a considerable research literature. Using standardized measures of CMD on groups of Realtors? and controlling for level of education, the results of this study show that real estate practitioners compare favorably with other professional and societal groups. Further, when entered independently CMD was a significant indicator, along with education and experience, of success in real estate.

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