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- Title
Just seems to be working hard? Exploring how careerist orientation influences time theft behavior.
- Authors
Liao, Caisheng; Li, Zhao; Huang, Lijun; Todo, Yuki
- Abstract
Time theft is an organizational deviant behavior that can have a serious negative impact on both the organization and the individual employees. There are two dimensions of time theft that are easily overlooked due to their high level of concealment: manipulating the speed of work and faking work hours. Based on self-presentation theory, this study constructs a theoretical model of the effects of careerist orientation on manipulating the speed of work and faking work hours, and examines the mediating role of self-monitoring and the moderating role of moral identity. Data were collected through a questionnaire survey of 306 employees in Chinese companies and analyzed by structural equation modeling. The results of the study show that careerist orientation can positively influence falsifying working hours and manipulating the speed of work not only directly but also indirectly through self-monitoring. In addition, moral identity can inhibit employees with careerist orientation from achieving their career goals because of falsifying working hours and manipulating the speed of work. This paper contributes to the literature by providing empirical evidence that careerist orientation positively influences time theft behaviors through self-monitoring, highlighting the role of individual traits in organizational deviance. Furthermore, it enriches the field by demonstrating the moderating effect of moral identity, which inhibits the tendency of careerist-oriented employees to engage in time theft, offering new insights into the boundary conditions of unethical conduct in the workplace.
- Subjects
WORKING hours; STRUCTURAL equation modeling; IMPRESSION management; ORGANIZATIONAL behavior; DEVIANT behavior; CHINESE corporations
- Publication
Current Psychology, 2024, Vol 43, Issue 31, p26064
- ISSN
1046-1310
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s12144-024-06252-6