Journal of Northeastern University(Natural Science) ›› 2022, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (9): 1361-1368.DOI: 10.12068/j.issn.1005-3026.2022.09.020

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To Avoid or Imitate? Influence of Colleagues′Unethical Pro-family Behavior on Employees’ Unethical Pro-family Behavior

ZHANG Lan-xia1, LI Mo-zhi1,2, MAO Meng-yu1   

  1. 1. School of Business Administration, Northeastern University, Shenyang 110169, China; 2. School of Economics and Management, Ningxia Institute of Science and Technology, Shizuishan 753000, China.
  • Published:2022-09-16
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Abstract: Based on the affective event theory, taking event-emotion-attitude-behavior as the clue, a dual interpersonal influence model of colleagues’ unethical pro-family behavior(UPFB)was constructed. Based on 529 valid sample data at two time points, the structural equation model(SEM)was applied to conduct empirical tests. The results showed that colleagues’ UPFB positively affects employees’ UPFB through admiration and indirect learning, whereas colleagues’ UPFB can negatively affect employees’ UPFB via aversion and interactive avoidance. The findings not only enrich the existing research on UPFB and reveal the black box of the dual interpersonal influences of UPFB, but also provide beneficial guidance for organizations to effectively prevent the occurrence of UPFB to promote the benign development of organizations.

Key words: unethical pro-family behavior; admiration; aversion; indirect learning; interactive avoidance

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