Generating the moral agency to report peers' counterproductive work behavior in normal and extreme contexts: the generative roles of ethical leadership, moral potency, and psychological safety

Reporting peers’ counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs) is important for maintaining an ethical organization, but is a significant and potentially risky action. In Bandura’s Theory of Moral Thought and Action (Bandura, 1991) he states that such acts require significant moral agency, which is genera...

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Authors: Sumanth, John J. (Author) ; Hannah, Sean T. (Author) ; Herbst, Kenneth C. (Author) ; Thompson, Ronald L. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: 2024
In: Journal of business ethics
Year: 2024, Volume: 195, Issue: 3, Pages: 653-680
Further subjects:B Psychological safety
B Counterproductive work behaviors
B Ethical Leadership
B Aufsatz in Zeitschrift
B Extreme context
B Moral potency
B Peer reporting intentions
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