TY - JOUR
T1 - An integrative approach to understanding counterproductive work behavior: The roles of stressors, negative emotions, and moral disengagement
AU - Fida, Roberta
AU - Paciello, Marinella
AU - Tramontano, Carlo
AU - Fontaine, Reid Griffith
AU - Barbaranelli, Claudio
AU - Farnese, Maria Luisa
PY - 2015/8
Y1 - 2015/8
N2 - Several scholars have highlighted the importance of examining moral disengagement (MD) in understanding aggression and deviant conduct across different contexts. The present study investigates the role of MD as a specific social-cognitive construct that, in the organizational context, may intervene in the process leading from stressors to counterproductive work behavior (CWB). Assuming the theoretical framework of the stressor-emotion model of CWB, we hypothesized that MD mediates, at least partially, the relation between negative emotions in reaction to perceived stressors and CWB by promoting or justifying aggressive responses to frustrating situations or events. In a sample of 1,147 Italian workers, we tested a structural equations model. The results support our hypothesis: the more workers experienced negative emotions in response to stressors, the more they morally disengaged and, in turn, enacted CWB.
AB - Several scholars have highlighted the importance of examining moral disengagement (MD) in understanding aggression and deviant conduct across different contexts. The present study investigates the role of MD as a specific social-cognitive construct that, in the organizational context, may intervene in the process leading from stressors to counterproductive work behavior (CWB). Assuming the theoretical framework of the stressor-emotion model of CWB, we hypothesized that MD mediates, at least partially, the relation between negative emotions in reaction to perceived stressors and CWB by promoting or justifying aggressive responses to frustrating situations or events. In a sample of 1,147 Italian workers, we tested a structural equations model. The results support our hypothesis: the more workers experienced negative emotions in response to stressors, the more they morally disengaged and, in turn, enacted CWB.
KW - Moral disengagement
KW - Counterproductive work behavior
KW - Job stressor
KW - Negative emotions
KW - Aggression
U2 - 10.1007/s10551-014-2209-5
DO - 10.1007/s10551-014-2209-5
M3 - Article
VL - 130
SP - 131
EP - 144
JO - Journal of Business Ethics
JF - Journal of Business Ethics
SN - 0167-4544
IS - 1
ER -