Good Soldiers Do Bad Things:The Moral Credit Effect of Helping Behavior
Objective:Based on the framework of moral licensing theory,the present study analyzed the influence of helping behavior on workplace deviance,the mediating role of moral credit and the moderating effect of impression manage-ment motivation on this process.Methods:The Helping Behavior Scale,Impression Management Motivation Scale,Moral Credit Scale and Workplace Deviance Scale were used to investigate 555 employees at three time points.Results:(1)Help-ing behavior positively predicted moral credit;(2)Moral credit played mediating roles in the relationship between helping be-havior and interpersonal deviance as well as organizational deviance;(3)Impression management motivation positively mod-erated the relationship between helping behavior and moral credit.When impression management motivation was at a high-er level,helping behavior had a stronger predictive effect on moral credit.Conclusion:Moral credit played a mediating role between helping behavior and interpersonal deviance as well as organizational deviance,and both mediating relation-ships were moderated by impression management motivation.
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