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Fida, Roberta 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6733-461X, Paciello, Marinella, Skovgaard-Smith, Irene ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5181-9521, Barbaranelli, Claudio and Caprara, Gian Vittorio
(2023)
Withstanding moral disengagement: Moral self-efficacy as moderator in counterproductive behavior routinization.
Group & Organization Management, 48 (4).
pp. 1096-1134.
ISSN 1059-6011
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Abstract
Moral disengagement plays an important role in the routinization of counterproductive work behavior (CWB) as a key mediator. What remains unclear are the factors that could attenuate the power of moral disengagement in this process. Building on social-cognitive theory, we hypothesize the moderating role of moral self-efficacy and suggest the importance of two different dimensions: self-reflective and behavioral moral self-efficacies. While the former should buffer the CWB-moral disengagement path over time, the latter should buffer the moral disengagement-CWB path. After presenting the psychometric properties of the moral self-efficacy scale in two independent samples (Study 1: United Kingdom, N = 359; Study 2: Italy, N = 1308), we test the posited multi-wave moderated-mediated model. Results from a structural equation model supported our hypotheses. Results demonstrate that the routinization of CWB through the mediation of moral disengagement over time is conditionally influenced by the two moral self-efficacy dimensions. Employees high in capability to look back and question the assumptions that affected their behavior (i.e., self-reflective moral self-efficacy) are less likely to morally disengage as a result of previous engagement in CWB. Employees high in capability to morally self-regulate (i.e., behavioral moral self-efficacy) are less likely to engage in CWB as a result of their moral disengagement. Results of the conditional indirect effect suggest that previous engagement in CWB is not translated in future engagement in CWB for those individuals high in both moral self-efficacy dimensions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | counterproductive work behavior,moderation,moral disengagement,moral self-efficacy,self-reflection,self-regulation,slippery slope,arts and humanities (miscellaneous),applied psychology,organizational behavior and human resource management,sdg 8 - decent work and economic growth,3* ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200/1201 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Employment Systems and Institutions |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jan 2022 09:03 |
| Last Modified: | 29 Aug 2023 14:30 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/83170 |
| DOI: | 10.1177/10596011221078665 |
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