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A newcomer socialization perspective on the proliferation of unethical conduct in organizations : the influences of peer coaching practices and newcomers’ goal orientations

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Liu, Xiangmin, Greenbaum, Rebecca L., Allen, David G. and Zhang, Zhengtang (2022) A newcomer socialization perspective on the proliferation of unethical conduct in organizations : the influences of peer coaching practices and newcomers’ goal orientations. Journal of Business Ethics, 176 . pp. 73-88. doi:10.1007/s10551-020-04730-y

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Abstract

Drawing on conservation of resources theory, we contribute to the behavioral ethics literature by examining how and why organizational socialization processes can affect newcomers’ adoption of unethical behaviors. Specifically, we contend that quality peer coaching (i.e., providing newcomers with job-related guidance and social support) provides newcomers with enhanced self-resources that diminishes emotional exhaustion and thus indirectly reduces newcomer unethical conduct. Conversely, peer coach unethical conduct (i.e., violating ethical norms) increases newcomers’ emotional exhaustion, and thus indirectly increases newcomers’ own unethical acts. Our research also identifies newcomers’ goal orientations as important individual differences that moderate the proposed mediation effects. Newcomers with high mastery orientations respond to high emotional exhaustion by harnessing more resources and identifying new work strategies, thereby engaging in less unethical conduct. Conversely, newcomers with high performance orientations give into emotional exhaustion and engage in unethical conduct as a way of outperforming others while conserving resources. We tested our theoretical model using a sample of peer coaches and newcomers from the Real Estate industry, using objective reporting of peer coaches’ and newcomers’ unethical conduct over a nine-month period.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: H Social Sciences > HD Industries. Land use. Labor
H Social Sciences > HF Commerce
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Industrial Relations Research Unit
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Employees -- Coaching of, Mentoring in business, Business ethics , Social responsibility of business, Organizational behavior
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Business Ethics
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
ISSN: 0167-4544
Official Date: February 2022
Dates:
DateEvent
February 2022Published
20 January 2021Available
31 December 2020Accepted
Volume: 176
Page Range: pp. 73-88
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-020-04730-y
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): This is a pre-print of an article published in Journal of Business Ethics. The final authenticated version is available online at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-020-04730-y
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