Evolution and Analysis of Operational Definition of Unethical Behavior in Organizations
ZENG Kai1 WANG Duan-xu2 HUANG Wei-ze2 DUAN Jin-yun3
(1. School of Management, Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou 310023, China; 2. School of Management, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 310058, China; 3. School of Psychology and Cognitive Science, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China)
Abstract：Unethical behavior is defined as any organizational member action that violates widely accepted (societal) moral norms. However, the operational definitions of unethical behavior are often quite different. The existing literature largely ignores the differences among the operational definitions, which leads to the disagreement and confusion among the past researches, thus restricting the development of unethical behavior research. By systematically combing and summarizing the literature on unethical behavior, this study points out the evolution process of the operational definition of unethical behavior on the conception, research dimension and research level, and integrates and evaluates the above evolution process. Finally, this study makes a prospect for the future research on the operational definition of unethical behavior.
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