ArticleJournal of business ethics : JBE2022
A Moral Cleansing Process: How and When Does Unethical Pro-organizational Behavior Increase Prohibitive and Promotive Voice.
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- When do supervisors punish subordinates' unethical pro-organizational behavior: Roles of moral identity and goal congruence with the group.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Investigating the moral compensatory effect of unethical pro-organizational behavior on ethical voice.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
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- Ambidextrous Leadership and Employee Voice Behavior: The Role of Work Motivation and Ambidextrous Culture.Psychology research and behavior management · 2022Article
- Workplace friendship, employee well-being and knowledge hiding: The moderating role of the perception of Chaxu climate.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Research on the consequences of employees' unethical pro-organizational behavior: The moderating role of moral identity.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Contrasting Effects of "External" Worker's Proactive Behavior on Their Turnover Intention: A Moderated Mediation Model.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
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Abstract
In this study, we draw on moral cleansing theory to investigate the consequence of unethical pro-organizational behavior (UPB) from the perspective of the actors. Specifically, we hypothesize that after conducting UPB, people may feel guilty and tend to cleanse their wrongdoings by providing suggestions or identifying problems at work (i.e., prohibitive and promotive voice). We further hypothesize that the above relationship is moderated by the actor's moral identity symbolization. We conducted three studies, including experiment and surveys, to test our hypotheses. Results of these studies show consistent support to our hypotheses. In particular, individuals reported more felt guilt after conducting UPB, and they tended to compensate with more prohibitive and promotive voice subsequently. In addition, the indirect relationship from UPB acting to both voice behaviors via felt guilt was stronger for people with a high level of moral identity symbolization. Theoretical and practical implications are discussed.
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