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Moral character in the workplace

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dc.contributor.authorCohen, Taya R.
dc.contributor.authorPanter, A. T.
dc.contributor.authorTuran, Nazli
dc.contributor.authorMorse, Lily
dc.contributor.authorKim, Yeonjeong
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-04T10:07:54Z
dc.date.available2021-08-04T10:07:54Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractUsing two 3-month diary studies and a large cross-sectional survey, we identified distinguishing features of adults with low versus high levels of moral character. Adults with high levels of moral character tend to: consider the needs and interests of others and how their actions affect other people (e.g., they have high levels of Honesty-Humility, empathic concern, guilt proneness); regulate their behavior effectively, specifically with reference to behaviors that have positive short-term consequences but negative longterm consequences (e.g., they have high levels of Conscientiousness, self-control, consideration of future consequences); and value being moral (e.g., they have high levels of moral identity-internalization). Cognitive moral development, Emotionality, and social value orientation were found to be relatively undiagnostic of moral character. Studies 1 and 2 revealed that employees with low moral character committed harmful work behaviors more frequently and helpful work behaviors less frequently than did employees with high moral character, according to their own admissions and coworkers' observations. Study 3 revealed that adults with low moral character committed more delinquent behavior and had more lenient attitudes toward unethical negotiation tactics than did adults with high moral character. By showing that individual differences have consistent, meaningful effects on employees' behaviors, after controlling for demographic variables (e.g., gender, age, income) and basic attributes of the work setting (e.g., enforcement of an ethics code), our results contest situationist perspectives that deemphasize the importance of personality. Moral people can be identified by self-reports in surveys, and these selfreports predict consequential behaviors months after the initial assessment.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1037/a0037245
dc.identifier.eid84913544544
dc.identifier.issn0022-3514
dc.identifier.pmid25133716
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/34431
dc.identifier.wos000344471300009
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.subjectCounterproductive work behaviorpt_PT
dc.subjectMoral characterpt_PT
dc.subjectOrganizational citizenship behaviorpt_PT
dc.subjectPersonalitypt_PT
dc.subjectUnethical behaviorpt_PT
dc.titleMoral character in the workplacept_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage963pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue5pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage943pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Personality and Social Psychologypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume107pt_PT
person.familyNameCohen
person.familyNameBhatia
person.familyNameMorse
person.givenNameTaya
person.givenNameNazli
person.givenNameLily
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