Meta-Synthesis on Business Managers' Moral Intelligence: Designing a Model of Drivers, Outcomes, and Dimensions

Abstract

Moral intelligence is defined as the capacity to distinguish right from wrong and as the mental capacity to determine how universal human principles should be applied to our values and objectives. The present study aims to conduct a meta-synthesis on business managers' moral intelligence and design a model encompassing its drivers, outcomes, and dimensions. Using a systematic review and meta-synthesis methodology, the researcher analyzed the results and findings of previous studies. By following the seven-step method proposed by Sandelowski and Barroso, two categories of influencing and influenced factors of moral intelligence were identified: individual factors and organizational factors. Additionally, two components forming the dimensions of moral intelligence were identified: the emotional dimension and the cognitive dimension. Within the classification of factors influencing moral intelligence, six individual factors and three organizational factors were discovered. Regarding factors influenced by moral intelligence, nine individual factors and four organizational factors were identified. Furthermore, in the classification of moral intelligence dimensions, eight factors were identified for the emotional dimension and sixteen factors for the cognitive dimension.