Concerns over unethical leader behavior persist in today's workplace. Although some employees continue to support their leaders after learning of their unethical actions, others do not. In this paper, we integrate social cognitive theory with social information processing theory to propose that the support employees give to leaders who act unethically hinges on their propensity to morally disengage. Specifically, we develop a conditional indirect effects model, wherein moral disengagement propensity mitigates the negative impact of unethical leader behavior on leader‐directed support via employees’ perceptions of value congruence with and trust in the leader. The sum result is an improved understanding of when and why employees offer support to versus withhold support from leaders who act in ethically questionable ways.

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员工如何应对领导者的不道德行为？道德脱离接触的作用

在当今的工作场所中，仍然存在着对不道德的领导者行为的担忧。尽管有些员工在了解了他们的不道德行为后仍继续支持他们的领导者，但其他人则没有。在本文中，我们将社会认知理论与社会信息处理理论相结合，提出了员工给予不道德行为领导者的支持取决于他们道德上脱离的倾向。具体来说，我们开发了一个条件间接效应模型，其中道德脱离接触倾向通过员工对领导者的价值一致和信任的感知，减轻了不道德的领导者行为对领导者指导的支持的负面影响。总的结果是对员工何时以及为什么向其提供支持的理解得到了更好的理解，而对于以道德上有问题的方式行事的领导人则不提供支持。