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Justifying Deviant Behavior: The Role of Attributions and Moral Emotions

verfasst von: Paul Harvey, Mark J. Martinko, Nancy Borkowski

Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics | Ausgabe 4/2017

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We present two studies investigating the impact of causal perceptions and the moral emotions of anger, shame, and guilt on the justification of deviant workplace behavior. Study 1 tests our conceptual framework using a sample of undergraduate business students; Study 2 examines a population of practicing physicians. Results varied significantly between the two samples, suggesting that individual and contextual factors play an important role in shaping the perceptual and emotional processes by which individuals form reactions to undesirable affective workplace events. Implications of these findings for the study of ethics, emotions, and attributions, as well as for promoting ethical behavior, are discussed.

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Titel: Justifying Deviant Behavior: The Role of Attributions and Moral Emotions
verfasst von: Paul Harvey
Mark J. Martinko
Nancy Borkowski
Publikationsdatum: 16.02.2016
Verlag: Springer Netherlands
Erschienen in: Journal of Business Ethics / Ausgabe 4/2017
Print ISSN: 0167-4544
Elektronische ISSN: 1573-0697
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-016-3046-5

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