DOES COULD LEAD TO GOOD? ON THE ROAD TO MORAL INSIGHT

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Zhang, Ting; Gino, Francesca; Margolis, Joshua D.
• 署名单位: Harvard University; Harvard University
• 刊物名称: ACADEMY OF MANAGEMENT JOURNAL
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4273
• DOI: 10.5465/amj.2014.0839
• 发表日期: 2018
• 页码: 857-895
• 关键词: ETHICAL DECISION-MAKING; positive affect; dark side; individual-differences; DIVERGENT THINKING; Unethical behavior; social exclusion; CONSTRUAL-LEVEL; self; dishonesty

摘要

Dilemmas featuring competing moral imperatives are prevalent in organizations and are difficult to resolve. Whereas prior research has focused on how individuals adjudicate among these moral imperatives, we study the factors that influence when individuals find solutions that fall outside of the salient options presented. In particular, we study moral insight, or the discovery of solutions, other than selecting one of the competing moral imperatives over another, that honor both competing imperatives or resolve the tension among them. Although individuals intuitively consider the question What should I do? when contemplating moral dilemmas, we find that prompting people to consider What could I do? helps them generate moral insight. Together, these studies point toward the conditions that enable moral insight and important practical implications.