The Emotion-Evoked Collective Corruption Model: The Role of Emotion in the Spread of Corruption Within Organizations

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Smith-Crowe, Kristin; Warren, Danielle E.
• 署名单位: Utah System of Higher Education; University of Utah; Rutgers University System; Rutgers University Newark; Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 刊物名称: ORGANIZATION SCIENCE
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1047-7039
• DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2014.0896
• 发表日期: 2014
• 页码: 1154-1171
• 关键词: MORAL EMOTIONS; collective corruption; Emotional contagion; affective residue; conformity; shame; EMBARRASSMENT; Guilt; anger; contempt; Pride

摘要

W e draw from research on emotions and moral reasoning to develop a process model of collective corruption that centers on the role of moral emotions in the spread of corruption within organizations. Our focus on a well-intentioned and deliberative path to corruption is a departure from previous theory, which has focused on mindless and ill-intentioned paths. In our model, moral emotions play a critical role in both the initial recruitment of a target individual (the direct process), as well as the spread of corruption to a broader group of nontargeted individuals through emotional contagion (the vicarious process). For both processes we explain how self-directed moral emotions (guilt, shame, embarrassment, and pride) facilitate the spread of corruption and how other-directed moral emotions (anger and contempt) do not. We conclude by discussing the implications of our theory and directions for future research.