Citizenship and Counterproductive Work Behavior: A Moral Licensing View
基于道德许可理论，解释了为何员工在做出组织公民行为后，反而可能从事反生产工作行为，并探讨了身份取向在此过程中的作用。
Despite the generally negative relationship between organizational citizenship behaviors and counterproductive work behaviors, employees often engage in both. Psychologists have found that when people engage in morally praiseworthy behaviors, they often grant themselves a moral license to behave immorally. In this article we draw on moral licensing theory and research on identity orientations to explain why and when citizenship behavior may lead to subsequent counterproductive behavior. We also explain how the harm done to the personal reputation of employees who engage in counterproductive work behaviors will be lessened by the degree to which they have a moral license to engage in such behaviors.