Keywords
Leadership, Ethics, Morality, Justice, Deonance
Abstract
Supervisor morally questionable expediency occurs when subordinates perceive that their supervisors engage in morally questionable behavior to expedite their work for self-serving purposes (Greenbaum & Folger, 2008). A supervisor's preoccupation with the bottom-line (Greenbaum, 2007; Greenbaum & Folger, 2008; Wolfe, 1988) is examined as an antecedent of morally questionable expediency. It was hypothesized that subordinates experience deontic reactions (Folger, 2001) in the form of a moral psychological contract violation. Consequently, subordinates were hypothesized to reduce performance, engage in antisocial behavior and supervisor-directed deviance. Survey data from 259 subordinate-supervisor dyads provided general support for this hypothesized model. However, post hoc analyses of alternative structural equation models suggest that a moral psychological contract violation may not always be the best explanation for why employees respond to supervisor morally questionable expediency by reducing performance and increasing antisocial and deviant behavior. Implications, limitations, and future directions are discussed.
Notes
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Graduation Date
2009
Advisor
Folger, Robert
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)
College
College of Business Administration
Department
Management
Degree Program
Business Administration
Format
application/pdf
Identifier
CFE0002619
URL
http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/CFE0002619
Language
English
Release Date
May 2009
Length of Campus-only Access
None
Access Status
Doctoral Dissertation (Open Access)
STARS Citation
Greenbaum, Rebecca, "An Examination Of An Antecedent And Consequences Of Supervisor Morally Questionable Expediency" (2009). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3913.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/etd/3913