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Double-Edged Effects of Creative Personality on Moral Disengagement and Unethical Behaviors: Dual Motivational Mechanisms and a Situational Contingency

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Research shows that the effects of creative personality on moral disengagement and unethical behaviors are mixed. To reconcile the disparate findings, we draw on interdependence theory to unravel how and when creative personality is related to moral disengagement through countervailing pathways. Specifically, we propose competitive motivation and prosocial motivation as two distinct mechanisms that explain the double-edged effects of creative personality on moral disengagement and subsequent unethical behaviors. Furthermore, we hypothesize a cross-level moderating effect of competitive climate on the relationships between competitive/prosocial motivation and moral disengagement. Results based on three-wave data from 753 employees showed that creative personality increased moral disengagement and subsequent unethical behaviors through competitive motivation but decreased moral disengagement and subsequent unethical behaviors through prosocial motivation. In addition, competitive climate weakened the negative relationship between prosocial motivation and moral disengagement and the negative indirect relationship between creative personality and unethical behaviors via prosocial motivation and moral disengagement.

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This research was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, specifically by Grant 72002214 awarded to Xin Liu and by Grant 72172074 awarded to Xiaoming Zheng, and was supported by fund for building world-class universities (disciplines) of Renmin University of China (Project KYGJD2022005) awarded to Xin Liu. We thank Xing Wang for her valuable research assistance on this project.

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Liu, X., Lee, B.Y., Kim, TY. et al. Double-Edged Effects of Creative Personality on Moral Disengagement and Unethical Behaviors: Dual Motivational Mechanisms and a Situational Contingency. J Bus Ethics 185, 449–466 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10551-022-05135-9

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