The Role of Ethical Climate in the Relationship between Task Conflict and Counterproductive Behavior

• Samara Monteiro Pereira ^[1] ; Juliana Barreiros Porto ^[1]
  1. [1] Universidade de Brasília

     Universidade de Brasília

     Brasil

     
• Localización: Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology, ISSN 1576-5962, Vol. 41, Nº 1, 2025, págs. 11-17
• Idioma: inglés
• DOI: 10.5093/jwop2025a2
• Títulos paralelos:
  • El rol del clima ético en la relación entre el conflicto de tareas y el comportamiento contraproductivo
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  • español

    Los comportamientos contraproductivos constituyen una amenaza para el bienestar de las organizaciones y sus miembros, menoscabando sus logros. El objetivo del estudio es investigar el papel moderador que juega el clima ético en la relación entre el conflicto de tareas y los comportamientos contraproductivos. Se utilizó una muestra de 268 trabajadores brasileños, que cumplimentaron las escalas de conflicto de tareas, clima ético (benévolo, principios y reglas e independencia, e instrumentalismo) y comportamiento contraproductivo (abuso, sabotaje y desviación de la producción, abandono y hurto). La regresión múltiple jerárquica indicaba que el conflicto de tareas tenía una correlación positiva moderada. La moderación solo era significativa en el caso del clima de independencia e instrumentalismo, que fortaleció la relación entre conflicto de tareas y el comportamiento contraproductivo de abuso, y en el clima de los principios y reglas, que debilitó la relación entre el conflicto de tareas y el comportamiento contraproductivo de sabotaje y desviación. Los resultados indican que en una situación de conflicto de tareas adquiere mayor importancia el manejo del clima.

  • English

    Counterproductive work behaviors (CWB) threaten the well-being of organizations and their members and harm the achievement of organizational results. Thus, the objective of this study was to investigate the moderating role of ethical climate in the relationship between task conflict and CWB. A sample of 268 Brazilian workers responded to the scales of task conflict, ethical climate (benevolent, principles and rules, and independence and instrumentalism) and CWB (abuse, sabotage and production deviance, withdrawal, and theft). Hierarchical multiple regression showed that task conflict had a moderate positive correlation. Moderation was significant only to the climate of independence and instrumentalism, which became the relationship between task conflict and CWB of abuse stronger; and for the climate of principles and rules, which has become the relationship between task conflict and CWB of sabotage and deviation of production weaker. The results suggest that in a context of task conflict, climate management assumes greater relevance.

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