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You scratch my back, I'll scratch yours : Unethical pro-organizational behavior and deviance in response to different psychological contract states
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- Griep, Yannick (author)
- Stockholms universitet,Stressforskningsinstitutet,Arbets- och organisationspsykologi,Radboud University, the Netherlands
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Kraak, Johannes M. (author)
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Fenneman, Jesse (author)
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Jiménez, Alfredo (author)
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Lub, Xander D. (author)
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- Elsevier, 2023
- 2023
- English.
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In: Journal of Business Research. - : Elsevier. - 0148-2963 .- 1873-7978. ; 156
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Abstract
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- In this multi-study paper, we integrate Social Exchange Theory and the discretionary workplace behavior literature. Specifically, we posit that by breaching their psychological contract (PC) obligations, organizations may trigger negative reciprocity, which in turn may increase deviant behavior. Moreover, we posit that by fulfilling their legitimately PC obligations, organizations may trigger positive reciprocity, which in turn may increase unethical pro-organizational behavior. Across two studies (3-wave field study with traditional breach measure and 2-wave field study with expanded breach measure and polynomial regression), we found repeated evidence for our hypotheses. Specifically, we found that PC breach (Study 1) and PC under-fulfillment (Study 2) are positively related to the enactment of organizational deviance via negative reciprocity. Furthermore, we found that PC fulfillment (Study 1) and high absolute levels of PC fulfillment (Study 2) are positively related to unethical pro-organizational behavior via positive reciprocity. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
Subject headings
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Ekonomi och näringsliv (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Economics and Business (hsv//eng)
- SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP -- Psykologi (hsv//swe)
- SOCIAL SCIENCES -- Psychology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- psychological contract
- fulfillment
- breach
- deviance
- unethical pro-organizational behavior
- polynomials
- psykologi
- Psychology
Publication and Content Type
- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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