The Double-Edged Sword Effect of the Presence of a Moral Star: Promotion Versus Inhibition of Nonstars' Prosocial Behavior

IF 2.6 4区 管理学 Q3 MANAGEMENT
Dong Ju, Shengming Liu, Marshall Schminke, Mingpeng Huang, Xin Qin
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Abstract

Although a growing body of literature on star employees has focused on top performers, the influence of moral stars has been neglected, an unfortunate situation given that employees’ moral behavior has prolonged impacts on organizations and society as a whole. In this case, we propose the concept of the moral star, defined as the employee (not the team leader) who exhibits disproportionately high and prolonged morality relative to others and has a reputation of being moral on his or her team. We further draw upon self-categorization theory and investigate the double-edged sword effect of the presence of a moral star on the prosocial behavior of other team members. Specifically, we propose that for nonstar employees who have high levels of moral identity, the presence of a moral star is positively related to their felt moral responsibility and prosocial behavior. In contrast, for nonstar employees with low levels of moral identity, the presence of a moral star is negatively related to their felt moral responsibility and prosocial behavior. We found support for our hypotheses across an experiment and a multi-wave and multi-source field study. Taken together, our findings call for closer attention to the recognition of moral stars, as well as their potential unintended negative impact on teams and organizations.
道德明星存在的双刃剑效应:促进与抑制非明星的亲社会行为
尽管越来越多的关于明星员工的文献都集中在表现最好的员工身上,但道德明星的影响却被忽视了。鉴于员工的道德行为对组织和整个社会的影响是长期的,这是一个不幸的情况。在这种情况下,我们提出了道德之星的概念,将其定义为员工(而不是团队领导者),他们相对于其他人表现出不成比例的高和持久的道德,并且在他或她的团队中享有道德声誉。我们进一步利用自我分类理论,探讨道德明星的存在对其他团队成员亲社会行为的双刃剑效应。具体而言,我们提出对于具有高水平道德认同的非明星员工,道德明星的存在与他们感受到的道德责任和亲社会行为呈正相关。相反,对于道德认同水平较低的非明星员工,道德明星的存在与他们感受到的道德责任和亲社会行为呈负相关。我们在实验和多波多源实地研究中发现了对我们假设的支持。综上所述,我们的研究结果要求我们更加关注道德之星的识别,以及它们对团队和组织潜在的意想不到的负面影响。
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