Unethical behavior in the name of the company: the moderating effect of organizational identification and positive reciprocity beliefs on unethical pro-organizational behavior.

By Elizabeth E. Umphress, John B. Bingham, Marie S. Mitchell. Journal of Applied Psychology, 2010

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Subfields: Information Systems and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management, Sociology and Political Science

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The role of moral decoupling in the causes and consequences of unethical pro-organizational behavior (2019, methodology): “Notably, these behaviors all closely mirror those utilized in the Study 1 scale measure of UPB (Umphress et al., 2010).”
Whatever It Takes: How and When Supervisor Bottom-Line Mentality Motivates Employee Contributions in the Workplace (2020, background): “We controlled for employees’ age, gender (coded 1 = male, 2 = female), and tenure because these demographic variables may be related to performance (Shaubroeck et al., 2007) and UPB (Umphress et al., 2010).”
Transformational Leadership and Follower’s Unethical Behavior for the Benefit of the Company: A Two-Study Investigation (2013, background): “Umphress et al. (2010) argued that employees who strongly identify with their organization would be more inclined to engage in UPB as compared to employees low in organizational identification.”
Investigating the Relationship Between Affective Commitment and Unethical Pro-Organizational Behaviors: The Role of Moral Identity (2012, background): “First, we empirically examine a form of unethical behavior that has not yet received enough empirical support (Umphress et al., 2010).”
Blind forces (2014, background): “Indeed, Umphress et al. (2010) found that individuals who highly identify with their organization might engage in unethical prosocial behaviors.”
The Relationship Between Ethical Leadership and Unethical Pro-Organizational Behavior: Linear or Curvilinear Effects? (2012, methodology): “upon recent work by Umphress and her associates (Umphress et al. 2010; Umphress and Bingham 2011), by”