Scholars have devoted significant attention to investigating when and why people cheat in organizations. However, there is increasing recognition that these behaviors can be difficult to eradicate, which points to the importance of understanding the consequences of cheating. Given that cheating violates moral norms that govern social relationships, it is critical to understand how cheating can influence social dynamics in the workplace. Drawing upon appraisal theories, we argue that cheating can have damaging consequences for individuals and their social relationships by eliciting shame. In turn, shame can reduce the extent to which individuals value receiving justice-a critical facilitator of social relationships in the workplace. We test our predictions across 6 studies using different samples and methodologies. In Study 1, we find that cheating is negatively associated with the importance people place on others upholding justice for them (i.e., overall justice values). In Studies 2-6, we demonstrate that shame plays a mediating role in this relationship, even in the presence of guilt and embarrassment. In Studies 3-5, we identify organizational identification as a moderator and show that the effect of cheating on shame is stronger for those with high (vs. low) identification. Theoretical implications include the importance of identifying the outcomes of cheating for individuals within organizational contexts, understanding the functional and dysfunctional consequences of shame, recognizing the differential effects of discrete emotions, and elucidating the role of identity within the context of cheating. We conclude with practical recommendations for managing cheating behaviors and their outcomes in the workplace. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved).

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作弊如何破坏工作场所正义的感知价值：羞耻的中介作用。

学者们非常关注调查人们何时以及为何在组织中作弊。然而，人们越来越认识到这些行为很难根除，这表明了解作弊后果的重要性。鉴于作弊违反了支配社会关系的道德规范，了解作弊如何影响工作场所的社会动态至关重要。根据评估理论，我们认为作弊会引起羞耻感，从而对个人及其社会关系造成破坏性后果。反过来，羞耻感会降低个人重视接受正义的程度——这是工作场所社会关系的关键促进因素。我们使用不同的样本和方法在 6 项研究中测试我们的预测。在研究 1 中，我们发现作弊与人们重视他人为他们维护正义（即整体正义价值观）呈负相关。在研究 2-6 中，我们证明羞耻感在这种关系中起着中介作用，即使存在内疚和尴尬也是如此。在研究 3-5 中，我们将组织认同视为调节因素，并表明对于那些认同度高（与低）的人来说，欺骗对羞耻感的影响更强。理论意义包括在组织环境中确定个人作弊结果的重要性，理解羞耻的功能性和功能障碍后果，识别离散情绪的不同影响，以及阐明身份在作弊环境中的作用。最后，我们提出了有关管理作弊行为及其在工作场所的后果的实用建议。（PsycINFO 数据库记录 (c) 2020 APA，保留所有权利）。