A Fault Confessed Is Half Redressed: The Impact of Deviant Workplace Behavior on Proactive Behavior

IF 3 Q2 MANAGEMENT Administrative Sciences Pub Date : 2024-07-04 DOI:10.3390/admsci14070141
Sen Zhang, Mengru Zhao
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The extant research on deviant workplace behavior has mainly examined the consequences of such behavior from a “victim-centric” perspective, while ignoring the psychological and behavioral responses of the employees who engaged in it. Drawing upon moral cleansing theory, we adopt a “victimizer-centric” perspective and contend that employees experience moral deficits after engaging in deviant workplace behavior, which consequently lead to subsequent proactive behavior. We also propose that the indirect relationship between deviant workplace behavior and proactive behavior is contingent upon individuals’ moral courage. Specifically, employees with high moral courage are more inclined to perform subsequent proactive behavior upon perceiving a moral deficit than those with low moral courage. Our hypotheses are supported by empirical data from an experimental study involving 128 participants in the United Kingdom (Study 1) and a multi-wave survey-based field study with a sample of 180 employees conducted in the United States (Study 2). Our research provides contributions to the literature on deviant workplace behavior by demonstrating how and when deviant workplace behavior can lead to subsequent compensatory behavior, as well as practical insights for both employees and organizations.
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认错就等于纠正了一半:工作场所异常行为对积极主动行为的影响
关于工作场所偏差行为的现有研究主要从 "受害者中心 "的角度研究了这种行为的后果,而忽视了参与这种行为的员工的心理和行为反应。借鉴道德净化理论,我们采用了 "以受害者为中心 "的视角,认为员工在参与职场偏差行为后会出现道德缺失,从而导致随后的主动行为。我们还提出,工作场所偏差行为与主动行为之间的间接关系取决于个人的道德勇气。具体来说,与道德勇气低的员工相比,道德勇气高的员工在感知到道德缺失后更倾向于采取后续的主动行为。我们的假设得到了英国一项有 128 名参与者参与的实验研究(研究 1)和美国一项有 180 名员工参与的多波实地调查研究(研究 2)的经验数据的支持。我们的研究为有关工作场所异常行为的文献做出了贡献,证明了工作场所异常行为如何以及何时会导致随后的补偿行为,并为员工和组织提供了实用的启示。
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