Skarlicki, D. P., van Jaarsveld, D. D., & Walker, D. D. (2008). Getting even for customer mistreatment: the role of moral identity in the relationship between customer interpersonal injustice and employee sabotage. Journal of Applied Psychology, 93:6, 1335-1347.
Question 1: What is this study all about?
Question 2: How do Skarlicki et al (2008) justify their theoretical predictions?
Question 3: What are the findings of this study?
Question 4: What are the managerial implications of this study?
The exploration of study demonstrates that employee sabotage is regularly a demonstration of striking back persuaded by view of humiliation. The study demonstrates that employees can strike back and take part in harm when treated unreasonably by organization's customers. Primiraraly the study researches the relationship between customers interpersonal injustice and employee sabotage. The study likewise demonstrates that interpersonal abuse by customers is "endemic" in numerous organizations. Also, the study tried whether moral character directs the relationship between customer exploitation and employee sabotage. Where moral character alludes to the extent that the ethical self is essential to one's personality and thought toward oneself. The ethical viewpoint of equity suggests that abuse can damage standards of good and social lead and inspire both victimized people and the outsiders to rebuff the transgressor for his or her wrongdoings. The study also demonstrates that people high on internalization are prone to sharpened to events of good infringement and propelled by feeling of obligation or commitment to change the treachery. Whereas, an employee high on symbolization would rather strike back the transgressor. What's more the last piece of study investigates the relationship between customer directed sabotage and employee performance. Exploring the connection in the middle of treachery and individual execution, study is justified on the grounds that in