Exploring the reciprocal relationship between reflective and behavioural moral self-efficacy: An agentic perspective to hinder moral disengagement at work

Paciello, Marinella, Fida, Roberta, Barbaranelli, Claudio and Tramontano, Carlo (2024) Exploring the reciprocal relationship between reflective and behavioural moral self-efficacy: An agentic perspective to hinder moral disengagement at work. International Journal of Psychology, 60 (1). ISSN 0020-7594

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Abstract

Moral self-efficacy refers to individuals' beliefs in their capability to effectively mobilise motivation, cognitive resources and strategic actions to achieve moral performance particularly in challenging situations. We adopt the conceptualization of moral self-efficacy that encompasses both self-reflective and behavioural components. The self-reflective dimension pertains to one's perceived capability to reflect on past moral lapses, while the behavioural dimension involves one's perceived capability to regulate future moral conduct. The study aims to explore moral self-efficacy as a “dynamic” process unfolding over time, focusing on the reciprocal influence between its self-reflective and behavioural dimensions in hindering the development of moral disengagement. Utilising a three-wave design with a sample of 1308 employees (50% females) at Time 1 results of a structural equation model support the hypothesized interplay between self-reflective and behavioural moral self-efficacy over time. In addition, our findings partly support our hypothesized relationships between moral self-efficacy dimensions and moral disengagement: self-reflective moral self-efficacy directly and negatively influenced the development of moral disengagement over time, while behavioural moral self-efficacy negative influenced it only indirectly through self-reflective moral self-efficacy.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	Publisher Copyright: © 2024 International Union of Psychological Science.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	bandura,cross-lagged model,moral agency,moral disengagement,moral self-efficacy,arts and humanities (miscellaneous),general psychology ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1201
Faculty \ School:	Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School
Related URLs:	https://www.scopus.com/pages/publication...
Depositing User:	LivePure Connector
Date Deposited:	04 Jun 2026 14:20
Last Modified:	06 Jun 2026 13:32
URI:	https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/103281
DOI:	10.1002/ijop.13268

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