清洁对不道德工作场所行为的道德隐喻效应

IF 2.8 3区 心理学 Q1 PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY
Gang Huangfu, Lu Li, Zhen Zhang, Cheng Sheng
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摘要

清洁意味着干净、卫生和美丽。正如最近文献中提出的那样,身体清洁也是道德纯洁的隐喻。然而,清洁不仅意味着身体的清洁,也意味着环境的清洁。本文提出,环境清洁和身体自我清洁可能隐喻地影响工作场所的不道德行为,并且它们的效果可能不同。本研究以中国某企业员工为研究对象,进行了2(环境清洁度:清洁vs.脏)× 3(自我清洁度:洗手vs.洗脸vs.不清洁)的被试现场实验。177名员工自愿参加了这项实验。研究发现,比起身体上的自我清洁,干净的工作场所会对不道德的工作场所行为做出严厉的道德判断。参与者在干净的环境中比在肮脏的环境中更不愿意接受不道德的工作场所行为,而自我清洁(洗手或洗脸vs.不清洁)对员工对不道德工作场所行为的道德判断没有显著影响。此外,环境清洁度对不道德工作场所行为的十个维度均有显著影响。研究结果揭示了环境清洁度与更高社会道德规范概念之间的隐喻关联,并证实了环境清洁度是导致道德隐喻效应的关键因素。这一结果为环境清洁的社会意义提供了独特的见解,并对防止不道德的工作场所行为具有重要意义。本文提出了一个理论框架来解释为什么环境清洁比自我清洁更容易影响涉及组织利益的道德判断。考虑到之前的研究大多以大学生为样本,本研究通过对实际员工的实地实验尤其有价值。
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Moral metaphorical effect of cleanliness on immoral workplace behaviors
Cleanliness connotes cleanness, hygiene, and beauty. Physical cleanliness is also a metaphor for moral purity, as proposed in recent literature. However, cleanliness means not only physical cleanliness but also environmental cleanliness. The article proposes that environmental cleanliness and physical self-cleanliness may metaphorically influence immoral behaviors in the workplace, and their effects may be different. The current study conducted a 2 (environmental cleanliness: clean vs. dirty) × 3 (self-cleanliness: hands-cleansing vs. face-cleansing vs. non-cleansing) between-subjects field experiment with employees as participants in a Chinese enterprise. One-hundred-seventy-seven employees volunteered to participate in the experiment. It was found that a clean workplace, rather than physical self-cleansing, renders harsh moral judgment regarding immoral workplace behaviors. The participants were less willing to accept immoral workplace behaviors in a clean environment than in a dirty environment, while self-cleanliness (hands-cleansing or face-cleansing vs. non-cleansing) had no significant influence on employees’ moral judgments of immoral workplace behaviors. In addition, the significant effects of environmental cleanliness were found in all the ten dimensions of immoral workplace behaviors. The findings reveal the metaphorical association between environmental cleanliness and the concept of higher social moral norms, and confirm that environmental cleanliness is a key factor leading to moral metaphorical effects. This result provides unique insight to the social significance of environmental cleanliness, and has important implications to prevent immoral workplace behaviors. A theoretical framework is proposed to explain why environmental cleanliness is more likely to affect moral judgment involving organizational interests than self-cleanliness. Considering most previous research has been done with samples of college students, this study is especially valuable through a field experiment on actual employees.
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Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology
Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology PSYCHOLOGY, MULTIDISCIPLINARY-
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