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Can leader self-sacrificial behavior inhibit unethical pro-family behavior? A personal identification perspective
As a kind of deviant and unethical behavior in the workplace, unethical pro-family behavior (UPFB) has recently received increased attention. Yet, the question of how to reduce UPFB remains less well understood. From the personal identification perspective, we hypothesize that leader self-sacrificia...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9878853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36710790 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1078122 |
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author | Hou, Changchang Cheng, Ken He, Jiaying Hu, Panpan Lin, Yinghui |
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description | As a kind of deviant and unethical behavior in the workplace, unethical pro-family behavior (UPFB) has recently received increased attention. Yet, the question of how to reduce UPFB remains less well understood. From the personal identification perspective, we hypothesize that leader self-sacrificial behavior (LSSB) inhibits employees’ UPFB through the mediation of identification with the leader. We further argue that employees’ perceived insider status enhances this hypothesized relationship. Our analysis of two-wave data collected from 236 Chinese employees indicated that identification with the leader partially mediated the negative relationship between LSSB and UPFB. Moreover, the effect of LSSB on identification with the leader and the aforementioned mediating relationship were stronger for employees who perceived themselves as insiders than outsiders. These findings provide theoretical implications for research on UPFB and LSSB and offer some suggestions that managers can follow to inhibit UPFB. Limitations and future research directions are also discussed. |
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spelling | pubmed-98788532023-01-27 Can leader self-sacrificial behavior inhibit unethical pro-family behavior? A personal identification perspective Hou, Changchang Cheng, Ken He, Jiaying Hu, Panpan Lin, Yinghui Front Psychol Psychology As a kind of deviant and unethical behavior in the workplace, unethical pro-family behavior (UPFB) has recently received increased attention. Yet, the question of how to reduce UPFB remains less well understood. From the personal identification perspective, we hypothesize that leader self-sacrificial behavior (LSSB) inhibits employees’ UPFB through the mediation of identification with the leader. We further argue that employees’ perceived insider status enhances this hypothesized relationship. Our analysis of two-wave data collected from 236 Chinese employees indicated that identification with the leader partially mediated the negative relationship between LSSB and UPFB. Moreover, the effect of LSSB on identification with the leader and the aforementioned mediating relationship were stronger for employees who perceived themselves as insiders than outsiders. These findings provide theoretical implications for research on UPFB and LSSB and offer some suggestions that managers can follow to inhibit UPFB. Limitations and future research directions are also discussed. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC9878853/ /pubmed/36710790 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1078122 Text en Copyright © 2023 Hou, Cheng, He, Hu and Lin. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Hou, Changchang Cheng, Ken He, Jiaying Hu, Panpan Lin, Yinghui Can leader self-sacrificial behavior inhibit unethical pro-family behavior? A personal identification perspective |
title | Can leader self-sacrificial behavior inhibit unethical pro-family behavior? A personal identification perspective |
title_full | Can leader self-sacrificial behavior inhibit unethical pro-family behavior? A personal identification perspective |
title_fullStr | Can leader self-sacrificial behavior inhibit unethical pro-family behavior? A personal identification perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | Can leader self-sacrificial behavior inhibit unethical pro-family behavior? A personal identification perspective |
title_short | Can leader self-sacrificial behavior inhibit unethical pro-family behavior? A personal identification perspective |
title_sort | can leader self-sacrificial behavior inhibit unethical pro-family behavior? a personal identification perspective |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9878853/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36710790 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1078122 |
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