When Employees Do Bad Things for Good Reasons: Examining Unethical Pro-Organizational Behaviors
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It is suggested that positive social exchange relationships and organizational identification may lead to unethical pro-organizational behavior indirectly via neutralization, the process by which the moral content of unethical actions is overlooked.Abstract:
We propose that employees sometimes engage in unethical acts with the intent to benefit their organization, its members, or both---a construct we term unethical pro-organizational behavior. We suggest that positive social exchange relationships and organizational identification may lead to unethical pro-organizational behavior indirectly via neutralization, the process by which the moral content of unethical actions is overlooked. We incorporate situational and individual-level constructs as moderators of these relationships and consider managerial implications and future research.read more
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Not in my Occupation: An Examination of Occupational Identification and Unethical Pro-Organizational Behaviour
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Performance goal orientation and unethical pro-organizational behavior: a moderated mediation model
TL;DR: The authors investigated how and when performance goal orientations shape employee pro-organizational behavior (UPB) and found that performance-approach goal orientation had a positive effect on UPB engagement.
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