People Who Punish or Reward Tend to Moralize Even Conventional Behaviour

Bell, Chris M.Hughes-Jones, Justin2015-05-212015-05-212008Bell, C. M., & Hughes-Jones, J. (2008). Power, self-regulation and the moralization of behavior. Journal of Business Ethics, 83(3), 503-514.http://hdl.handle.net/10315/29092Managers who have to reward or punish others may be prone to moralizing. This can create problems because it may make the manager less tolerant of errant behavior while others in the social group, who may be wary of moralizing attitudes, may react against the manager.Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 2.5 CanadaPsychologyEthicsWorkplacePeople Who Punish or Reward Tend to Moralize Even Conventional BehaviourResearch Summary