IMPRESSION MANAGEMENT, OVERCLAIMING, AND PERCEIVED UNETHICAL CONDUCT - THE ROLE OF MALE AND FEMALE MANAGERS

This study examines the impact of impression management and overclaimi ng on self-reported ethical conduct of 174 managers (67 male, 107 fema le) who worked for a large not-for-profit organization. As anticipated , impression management and overclaiming positively influenced perceiv ed unethical conduct of managers. Female managers were more prone to i mpression management than male managers. There was no significant diff erence in perceived unethical conduct or level of overclaiming of male and female managers.