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

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 sampl...

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Autor: Porto, Juliana Barreiros
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madrid
Repositorio:Journal of Work and Organizational Psychology
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.5093/jwop2025a2
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Palabra clave:Counterproductive behavior, Task conflict, Ethical climate, Moderation analysis
Comportamiento contraproductivo, Conflicto de tareas, Clima ético, Análisis de moderación
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spelling The Role of Ethical Climate in the Relationship between Task Conflict and Counterproductive BehaviorEl rol del clima ético en la relación entre el conflicto de tareas y el comportamiento contraproductivo Porto, Juliana Barreiros Counterproductive behavior, Task conflict, Ethical climate, Moderation analysisComportamiento contraproductivo, Conflicto de tareas, Clima ético, Análisis de moderaciónCounterproductive 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.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.Colegio Oficial de Psicologos de Madrid2025info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedapplication/pdftext/htmlapplication/xmlhttps://doi.org/10.5093/jwop2025a2reponame:Journal of Work and Organizational Psychologyinstname:Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de MadridIngléshttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es_ESCopyright © 2026. Colegio Oficial de Psicólogos de Madridinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:journals.copmadrid.org:jwop/art/jwop2025a22026-06-23T12:47:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The Role of Ethical Climate in the Relationship between Task Conflict and Counterproductive Behavior
El rol del clima ético en la relación entre el conflicto de tareas y el comportamiento contraproductivo
title The Role of Ethical Climate in the Relationship between Task Conflict and Counterproductive Behavior
spellingShingle The Role of Ethical Climate in the Relationship between Task Conflict and Counterproductive Behavior
Porto, Juliana Barreiros
Counterproductive behavior, Task conflict, Ethical climate, Moderation analysis
Comportamiento contraproductivo, Conflicto de tareas, Clima ético, Análisis de moderación
title_short The Role of Ethical Climate in the Relationship between Task Conflict and Counterproductive Behavior
title_full The Role of Ethical Climate in the Relationship between Task Conflict and Counterproductive Behavior
title_fullStr The Role of Ethical Climate in the Relationship between Task Conflict and Counterproductive Behavior
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title_sort The Role of Ethical Climate in the Relationship between Task Conflict and Counterproductive Behavior
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Porto, Juliana Barreiros
author Porto, Juliana Barreiros
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Counterproductive behavior, Task conflict, Ethical climate, Moderation analysis
Comportamiento contraproductivo, Conflicto de tareas, Clima ético, Análisis de moderación
topic Counterproductive behavior, Task conflict, Ethical climate, Moderation analysis
Comportamiento contraproductivo, Conflicto de tareas, Clima ético, Análisis de moderación
description 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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