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Rationalize or reappraise? How envy and cognitive reappraisal shape unethical contagion
Personnel Psychology ( IF 4.7 ) Pub Date : 2020-02-10 , DOI: 10.1111/peps.12387
Chase E. Thiel 1 , Julena Bonner 2 , John T. Bush 3 , David T. Welsh 4 , Rakesh Pati 5
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Reducing unethical employee behavior is a complex challenge for organizations given that such behavior is often highly contagious. Yet, although many employees imitate the unethical behavior of their coworkers, some adhere to ethical standards in spite of their coworkers’ unethical behavior. Drawing on social cognitive theory, we propose an expanded model of unethical social influence that sheds light on the processes and boundary conditions associated with unethical contagion within organizations. Specifically, we argue that observing others engage in unethical behavior evokes feelings of envy that, in turn, facilitate moral disengagement and unethicality. We then integrate research on cognitive reappraisal with the moral disengagement literature to propose that cognitive reappraisal attenuates the experience of envy in those who observe unethical behavior. Across two field studies and an experimental study, we build a model in which envy mediates the relationship between observed unethical behavior and moral disengagement with downstream consequences in the form of unethical behavior. Additionally, both cognitive reappraisal orientation (Studies 1 & 2) and cognitive reappraisal training (Study 3) attenuate this mediated effect. Given the substantial costs of unethical contagion within organizations, these findings have implications for both scholars and managers.

中文翻译:

合理化还是重新评估?嫉妒和认知的重新评估如何塑造不道德的传染

减少不道德的员工行为对于组织而言是一项复杂的挑战,因为这种行为通常具有很高的传染性。但是,尽管许多员工都模仿同事的不道德行为,但是尽管员工的不道德行为,有些员工仍然遵守道德标准。利用社会认知理论,我们提出了不道德的社会影响的扩展模型,该模型揭示了与组织内不道德的传染相关的过程和边界条件。具体来说,我们认为观察他人从事不道德行为会唤起嫉妒的感觉,进而促进道德上的脱离和不道德。然后,我们将认知重新评估的研究与道德脱离接触文献相结合,提出认知重新评估可减轻观察到不道德行为的人的嫉妒经历。在两个实地研究和一项实验研究中,我们建立了一个模型,在该模型中,嫉妒以不道德行为的形式介导了观察到的不道德行为与道德脱离接触与下游后果之间的关系。此外,认知重新评估方向(研究1和2)和认知重新评估训练(研究3)都减弱了这种介导的作用。鉴于组织内部不道德蔓延的巨大代价,这些发现对学者和管理者都有影响。我们建立了一个模型,在这种模型中,嫉妒会以不道德行为的形式介导观察到的不道德行为与道德脱离接触与下游后果之间的关系。此外,认知重新评估方向(研究1和2)和认知重新评估训练(研究3)都减弱了这种介导的作用。鉴于组织内部不道德传播的巨大代价,这些发现对学者和管理者都有影响。我们建立了一个模型,在这种模型中,嫉妒会以不道德行为的形式介导观察到的不道德行为与道德脱离接触与下游后果之间的关系。此外,认知重新评估方向(研究1和2)和认知重新评估训练(研究3)都减弱了这种介导的作用。鉴于组织内部不道德蔓延的巨大代价,这些发现对学者和管理者都有影响。
更新日期:2020-02-10
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