Effect of Competition on Unethical Behaviors

Competition can lead individuals to cheat; yet our knowledge of why competition affects unethical behaviors and how to mitigate these effects is still limited. Results of Study 1 show that competition facilitates unethical behaviors and that impaired moral awareness mediates these effects. Study 2 i...

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Main Authors: Abhijeet K. VADERA, SRIVASTAVA, Vivekanand, AQUINO, Karl, CHANDRASHEKHARRAO, Pathki
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-58992016-03-08T03:54:07Z Effect of Competition on Unethical Behaviors Abhijeet K. VADERA, SRIVASTAVA, Vivekanand AQUINO, Karl CHANDRASHEKHARRAO, Pathki Competition can lead individuals to cheat; yet our knowledge of why competition affects unethical behaviors and how to mitigate these effects is still limited. Results of Study 1 show that competition facilitates unethical behaviors and that impaired moral awareness mediates these effects. Study 2 illustrates that moral elevation mitigates the effects of competition on cheating. Finally, Study 3 shows that moral identity moderates the curvilinear effects of competition on unethical behaviors such that only when competition is fierce, those with more salient moral identity are less likely to be dishonest than those with less salient moral identity. 2014-01-01T08:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4900 info:doi/10.5465/AMBPP.2014.13298abstract Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Organizational Behavior and Theory
institution Singapore Management University
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topic Organizational Behavior and Theory
spellingShingle Organizational Behavior and Theory
Abhijeet K. VADERA,
SRIVASTAVA, Vivekanand
AQUINO, Karl
CHANDRASHEKHARRAO, Pathki
Effect of Competition on Unethical Behaviors
description Competition can lead individuals to cheat; yet our knowledge of why competition affects unethical behaviors and how to mitigate these effects is still limited. Results of Study 1 show that competition facilitates unethical behaviors and that impaired moral awareness mediates these effects. Study 2 illustrates that moral elevation mitigates the effects of competition on cheating. Finally, Study 3 shows that moral identity moderates the curvilinear effects of competition on unethical behaviors such that only when competition is fierce, those with more salient moral identity are less likely to be dishonest than those with less salient moral identity.
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author Abhijeet K. VADERA,
SRIVASTAVA, Vivekanand
AQUINO, Karl
CHANDRASHEKHARRAO, Pathki
author_facet Abhijeet K. VADERA,
SRIVASTAVA, Vivekanand
AQUINO, Karl
CHANDRASHEKHARRAO, Pathki
author_sort Abhijeet K. VADERA,
title Effect of Competition on Unethical Behaviors
title_short Effect of Competition on Unethical Behaviors
title_full Effect of Competition on Unethical Behaviors
title_fullStr Effect of Competition on Unethical Behaviors
title_full_unstemmed Effect of Competition on Unethical Behaviors
title_sort effect of competition on unethical behaviors
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2014
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/4900
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