Fit to be unethical: How successful/failed regulatory goal attainment motivates unethical behavior

Tim Vriend; Jennifer Jordan; Onne Janssen

doi:10.5465/AMBPP.2013.20

Fit to be unethical: How successful/failed regulatory goal attainment motivates unethical behavior

Tim Vriend, Jennifer Jordan, Onne Janssen

Organisational Behaviour

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Abstract

On the basis of regulatory fit theory we argue and show that a regulatory fit induced through successful or failed attainment of goals that specify gains vs. losses (Study 1) or nurturance vs. security (Study 2), will lead individuals to engage in unethical behavior in a subsequent task.

Original language	English
Article number	11422
Number of pages	6
Journal	Academy of Management Proceedings
Volume	2013
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5465/AMBPP.2013.20
Publication status	Published - 2013

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