Abstract
Based on the theory of social information processing, this research develops a conceptual model linking organizational virtuousness perception and pro-social rule breaking. In this model, organizational virtuousness perception of employees positively affects the pro-social rule breaking via psychological empowerment; Proactive personality positively moderates the indirect effect of organizational virtuousness perception on pro-social rule breaking though psychological empowerment. The proposed conceptual framework reveals the functional mechanism of organizational virtuousness perception on pro-social rule breaking from cognitive perspective and discusses individual character’s moderating role, which helps identify research gap and advance further knowledge development in organizational virtuousness.
Highlights
Organizational virtuousness refers to an organization as a general ethical character [1]
Organizational virtuousness perception of employees positively affects the pro-social rule breaking via psychological empowerment; Proactive personality positively moderates the indirect effect of organizational virtuousness perception on pro-social rule breaking though psychological empowerment
This study introduces the psychological empowerment as the social information processing process mediating the relationship between organizational virtuousness perception and pro-social rule breaking
Summary
Organizational virtuousness refers to an organization as a general ethical character [1]. As a positive organizational characteristic, the functional mechanism of organizational virtuousness has attracted the attention of scholars. Previous studies have mainly focused on the emotional mechanism of how organizational virtuousness perception affects employees’ work behavior, while rather few studies have explored its effects from the cognitive perspective. Previous studies have not explored the moderating role of individual characteristics in the relationship between organizational virtuousness and employee behaviors. Individual behavior, is the interaction between environment and individual as a result Many scholars think it necessary to include individual characteristics in organizational character research framework and to build a research framework structured by virtuous context, individual characteristics and individual performance, so as to gain a comprehensive insight into the organization mechanism of virtuous context [12] [13]. In order to respond to the previous appeals, this paper, based on the theory of social information processing, focuses on the psychological cognitive process and the moderated role of the personality characteristics in the relationship be-
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