E-resources
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Umphress, Elizabeth E.; Bingham, John B.
Organization science (Providence, R.I.), 05/2011, Volume: 22, Issue: 3Journal Article
We propose that employees sometimes engage in unethical acts with the intent to benefit their organization, its members, or both-a construct we term unethical pro-organizational behavior . We suggest that positive social exchange relationships and organizational identification may lead to unethical pro-organizational behavior indirectly via neutralization, the process by which the moral content of unethical actions is overlooked. We incorporate situational and individual-level constructs as moderators of these relationships and consider managerial implications and future research.
