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Investigating the Role of Self-Regulation on Active and Passive Unethical Decision-Making

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2013, Master of Arts (MA), Bowling Green State University, Psychology/Industrial-Organizational.
Research in unethical decision-making has shown that resisting the temptation to cheat requires self-regulatory resources. There is little research done to examine passive acts of unethical decision-making despite the regular occurrences of passive aggressive, deviant, and unethical work behaviors. The current study extends previous findings by examining unethical behaviors through passivity. Participants were asked to evaluate their own response on a situational-judgment task and report their grade for a monetary incentive. The results are consistent with previous findings such that individuals with depleted self-regulatory resources are more likely to give oneself a higher grade. However, there was no difference in behavior between different forms of cheating (active vs. passive).
Christopher Nye (Committee Chair)
Scott Highhouse (Committee Member)
Richard Anderson (Committee Member)
46 p.

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  • Zhang, D. (2013). Investigating the Role of Self-Regulation on Active and Passive Unethical Decision-Making [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1382351174

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Zhang, Don. Investigating the Role of Self-Regulation on Active and Passive Unethical Decision-Making. 2013. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1382351174.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Zhang, Don. "Investigating the Role of Self-Regulation on Active and Passive Unethical Decision-Making." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1382351174

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)