title: A 4-study replication of the moderating effects of greed on socioeconomic status and unethical behaviour.
abstract: Four replications of Piff and colleagues' study examined the moderating effects of greed attitudes on the relationship between socio-economic status (SES) and unethical behaviour (Study 7). In the original study, the researchers found that both greed and SES predicted increased propensity to engage in unethical behavior. Furthermore, this association was moderated such that the effects of SES on unethical behaviour were no longer present in the greed prime condition versus the neutral condition. In replication 1 of the original study main effects of greed attitudes and SES were found, but no interaction was found. Main effects for greed emerged in replications 3 and 4. However no main effects for SES or interactions emerged for replications 2-4. A meta-analysis was conducted with all replications and the original study, and found no moderating effect of greed on the relationship between SES and unethical behavior.
authors.affiliation: Western University, Department of Psychology, London, N6A 3K7 Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Anjana
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Balakrishnan
authors.affiliation: Western University, Department of Psychology, London, N6A 3K7 Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Paolo A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Palma
authors.affiliation: Western University, Department of Psychology, London, N6A 3K7 Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Joshua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Patenaude
authors.affiliation: Western University, Department of Psychology, London, N6A 3K7 Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Lorne
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-9071-4845
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Campbell
mesh_terms: D066264:Datasets as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012919:Social Behavior; D012923:Social Class