RT Article
T1 Love of Money and Unethical Behavior Intention: Does an Authentic Supervisor’s Personal Integrity and Character (ASPIRE) Make a Difference?
JF Journal of business ethics
VO 107
IS 3
SP 295
OP 312
A1 Tang, Thomas Li-Ping
A1 Liu, Hsi
A2 Liu, Hsi
LA English
YR 2012
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1785644777
AB We investigate the extent to which perceptions of the authenticity of supervisor’s personal integrity and character (ASPIRE) moderate the relationship between people’s love of money (LOM) and propensity to engage in unethical behavior (PUB) among 266 part-time employees who were also business students in a five-wave panel study. We found that a high level of ASPIRE perceptions was related to high love-of-money orientation, high self-esteem, but low unethical behavior intention (PUB). Unethical behavior intention (PUB) was significantly correlated with their high Machiavellianism, low self-esteem, and low intrinsic religiosity. Our counterintuitive results revealed that the main effect of LOM on PUB was not significant, but the main effect of ASPIRE on PUB was significant. Further, the significant interaction effect between LOM and ASPIRE on unethical behavior intention provided profoundly interesting findings: High LOM was related to high unethical behavior intention for people with low ASPIRE, but was related to low unethical intention for those with high ASPIRE. People with high LOM and low ASPIRE had the highest unethical behavior intention; whereas those with high LOM and high ASPIRE had the lowest. We discuss results in light of individual differences, ethical environment, and perceived demand characteristics.
K1 measurement invariance
K1 panel study
K1 Demographic
K1 Moderator
K1 Perceived demand characteristics
K1 Counterproductive
K1 Work deviance
K1 Unethical behavior intention
K1 Spiritual
K1 Justice
K1 Fairness
K1 Trustworthy leader
K1 Transparent help
K1 Caring servant
K1 Honesty and integrity
K1 Authentic supervisor’s personal integrity and character
K1 Love/stewardship of money
K1 Money ethics
K1 Meaning of money
DO 10.1007/s10551-011-1040-5