Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-22-2017
Publication Title
Journal of Business Ethics
Volume
154
Issue
2
First page number:
483
Last page number:
495
Abstract
Transparency is an underpinning of workplace ethics. However, most of the existing research has focused on the relationship between leader transparency and its consequences. Drawing on social and self-regulation theory research, we examine the antecedents of followers’ transparency. Specifically, we propose that followers have higher levels of transparency when they are working with peers who have a high level of transparency. We further suggest that followers’ conscientiousness and agreeableness moderate the relationship between peer transparency and followers’ transparency. Using a time-lagged design, we provide support for the proposed theoretical model. We found that follower conscientiousness substitutes the social regulation effect (embodied in the relationship between peer and follower transparency), while follower agreeableness enhances this social regulation effect. Theoretical and practical implications of these findings are also discussed. © 2017 Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht
Keywords
Transparency; Peer pressure; Conscientiousness; Agreeableness; Ethical behaviors
Disciplines
Hospitality Administration and Management | Organizational Behavior and Theory
File Format
File Size
914 KB
Language
English
Repository Citation
Shum, C.,
Gatling, A. R.,
Book, L. A.,
Bai, B.
(2017).
The Moderating Roles of Follower Conscientiousness and Agreeableness on the Relationship Between Peer Transparency and Follower Transparency.
Journal of Business Ethics, 154(2),
483-495.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10551-017-3471-0
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