The vigilante identity and organizations

We test the theoretical and practical utility of the vigilante identity, a self-perception of being the kind of person who monitors their environment for signs of norm violations, and who punishes the perceived norm violator, without formal authority. We develop and validate a measure of the vigilan...

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Main Authors: CHEN, Fan Xuan, GRASO, Maja, AQUINO, Karl, LIN, Lily, CHENG, Joey T., DeCelles, Katherine, VADERA, Abhijeet K.
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spelling sg-smu-ink.lkcsb_research-79732022-05-30T09:07:47Z The vigilante identity and organizations CHEN, Fan Xuan GRASO, Maja AQUINO, Karl LIN, Lily CHENG, Joey T. DeCelles, Katherine VADERA, Abhijeet K. We test the theoretical and practical utility of the vigilante identity, a self-perception of being the kind of person who monitors their environment for signs of norm violations, and who punishes the perceived norm violator, without formal authority. We develop and validate a measure of the vigilante identity scale (VIS) and demonstrate the scale’s incremental predictive validity above and beyond seemingly related constructs (Studies 1 – 2e). We show that the VIS predicts hypervigilance towards organizational wrongdoing (Studies 2 and 4), punishment intentions and behavior in and of organizations (Studies 3 and 4) as well as in the wider community (Study 1), and is activated under organizational justice failure conditions (Study 3). We maintain that vigilantes can impact organizations and society from both inside and outside organizational walls and we discuss theoretical implications for scholarship on vigilantes, as well as on morality, social norms, and third-party punishment in organizations. 2022-05-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6974 info:doi/10.1016/j.obhdp.2022.104136 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7973/viewcontent/VigilanteIdentity_sv.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection Lee Kong Chian School Of Business eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Identity Justice Punishment Social order Vigilantism Applied Behavior Analysis Civic and Community Engagement Organizational Behavior and Theory
institution Singapore Management University
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Singapore
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topic Identity
Justice
Punishment
Social order
Vigilantism
Applied Behavior Analysis
Civic and Community Engagement
Organizational Behavior and Theory
spellingShingle Identity
Justice
Punishment
Social order
Vigilantism
Applied Behavior Analysis
Civic and Community Engagement
Organizational Behavior and Theory
CHEN, Fan Xuan
GRASO, Maja
AQUINO, Karl
LIN, Lily
CHENG, Joey T.
DeCelles, Katherine
VADERA, Abhijeet K.
The vigilante identity and organizations
description We test the theoretical and practical utility of the vigilante identity, a self-perception of being the kind of person who monitors their environment for signs of norm violations, and who punishes the perceived norm violator, without formal authority. We develop and validate a measure of the vigilante identity scale (VIS) and demonstrate the scale’s incremental predictive validity above and beyond seemingly related constructs (Studies 1 – 2e). We show that the VIS predicts hypervigilance towards organizational wrongdoing (Studies 2 and 4), punishment intentions and behavior in and of organizations (Studies 3 and 4) as well as in the wider community (Study 1), and is activated under organizational justice failure conditions (Study 3). We maintain that vigilantes can impact organizations and society from both inside and outside organizational walls and we discuss theoretical implications for scholarship on vigilantes, as well as on morality, social norms, and third-party punishment in organizations.
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author CHEN, Fan Xuan
GRASO, Maja
AQUINO, Karl
LIN, Lily
CHENG, Joey T.
DeCelles, Katherine
VADERA, Abhijeet K.
author_facet CHEN, Fan Xuan
GRASO, Maja
AQUINO, Karl
LIN, Lily
CHENG, Joey T.
DeCelles, Katherine
VADERA, Abhijeet K.
author_sort CHEN, Fan Xuan
title The vigilante identity and organizations
title_short The vigilante identity and organizations
title_full The vigilante identity and organizations
title_fullStr The vigilante identity and organizations
title_full_unstemmed The vigilante identity and organizations
title_sort vigilante identity and organizations
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 2022
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6974
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7973/viewcontent/VigilanteIdentity_sv.pdf
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