This paper deepens our understanding about the deonance and its manifestation in the third-party reaction to injustice. It provides further insights into the phenomenon of incivility contagion and spirals by exploring whether observers contribute to an escalatory pattern of interpersonal mistreatment when they are aroused by moral impetus but fail to morally regulate their acts. Our research also provides implications for organizations and practitioners in managing uncivil events among their employees and strengthening employee moral identity and rule-based moral thinking orientation through careful recruitment and selection and various management practices.
Journal of Management is one of the 50 journals used by Financial Times in compiling the FT research rank, included in the Global MBA, EMBA, and online MBA rankings. JOM is also ranked as 4* (the highest category) in the ABS (Association of Business Schools) journal ranking system.
Lin, X., & Loi, R. (2021). Punishing the perpetrator of incivility: The differential roles of moral identity and moral thinking orientation. Journal of Management, 47(4), 898-929.
