Francesco Sguera, Richard P. Bagozzi, Quy N. Huy, R. Wayne Boss, David S. Boss
This article investigates the effects of perceived supervisor support on ethical (organizational citizenship behaviors) and unethical employee behavior (counterproductive workplace behavior) using a multi-method approach (one experiment and one field survey with multiple waves and supervisor ratings of employees). Specifically, we test the mediating mechanism (i.e., supervisor-based self-esteem) and a boundary condition (i.e., employee task satisfaction) that moderate the relationship between support and (un)ethical employee behaviors. We find that supervisor-based self-esteem fully mediates the relationship between supervisor support and (un)ethical employee behavior and that employee task satisfaction intensifies the relationship between supervisor support and supervisor-based self-esteem. © 2016, Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht.
UCP, Católica-Lisbon School of Business and Economics, Palma de Cima, Lisbon, 1649-023, Portugal; Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States; INSEAD, Singapore; Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, United States; Ohio College of Business, Athens, United States
