The vigilante identity and organizations

IF 3.4 2区管理学 Q2 MANAGEMENT

Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes Pub Date : 2022-05-01 DOI:10.1016/j.obhdp.2022.104136

Fan Xuan Chen , Maja Graso , Karl Aquino , Lily Lin , Joey T. Cheng , Katherine DeCelles , Abhijeet K. Vadera

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Abstract

We test the theoretical and practical utility of the vigilante identity, a self-perception of being the kind of person who monitors their environment for signs of norm violations, and who punishes the perceived norm violator, without formal authority. We develop and validate a measure of the vigilante identity scale (VIS) and demonstrate the scale’s incremental predictive validity above and beyond seemingly related constructs (Studies 1 – 2e). We show that the VIS predicts hypervigilance towards organizational wrongdoing (Studies 2 and 4), punishment intentions and behavior in and of organizations (Studies 3 and 4) as well as in the wider community (Study 1), and is activated under organizational justice failure conditions (Study 3). We maintain that vigilantes can impact organizations and society from both inside and outside organizational walls and we discuss theoretical implications for scholarship on vigilantes, as well as on morality, social norms, and third-party punishment in organizations.

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治安维持者的身份和组织

我们测试了治安维持者身份的理论和实践效用，这是一种自我感知，即监视环境中违反规范的迹象，并在没有正式权威的情况下惩罚被认为违反规范的人。我们开发并验证了一种治安维持者身份量表(VIS)的测量方法，并证明了该量表的增量预测效度高于看似相关的构念(研究1 - 2e)。我们表明，VIS预测了对组织不法行为(研究2和4)、组织内部和组织内部的惩罚意图和行为(研究3和4)以及更广泛的社区(研究1)的高度警惕，并在组织正义失败条件下被激活(研究3)。我们认为，义务警员可以从组织内部和外部影响组织和社会，我们讨论了对义务警员学术研究的理论含义。以及道德、社会规范和组织中的第三方惩罚。

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8.90

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4.30%

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期刊介绍： Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes publishes fundamental research in organizational behavior, organizational psychology, and human cognition, judgment, and decision-making. The journal features articles that present original empirical research, theory development, meta-analysis, and methodological advancements relevant to the substantive domains served by the journal. Topics covered by the journal include perception, cognition, judgment, attitudes, emotion, well-being, motivation, choice, and performance. We are interested in articles that investigate these topics as they pertain to individuals, dyads, groups, and other social collectives. For each topic, we place a premium on articles that make fundamental and substantial contributions to understanding psychological processes relevant to human attitudes, cognitions, and behavior in organizations. In order to be considered for publication in OBHDP a manuscript has to include the following: 1.Demonstrate an interesting behavioral/psychological phenomenon 2.Make a significant theoretical and empirical contribution to the existing literature 3.Identify and test the underlying psychological mechanism for the newly discovered behavioral/psychological phenomenon 4.Have practical implications in organizational context