从道德的视角看员工对印象管理的运用

印象管理的研究文献中迄今几乎没有从道德的视角研究员工对印象管理的运用。本文借用道德理论和社会影响理论来提出如下命题:(1)道德认知发展水平高的员工运用印象管理策略的可能性要低于道德认知发展水平低的员工。(2)员工对道德推理的使用在道德认知发展水平与印象管理策略运用之间的关手上起到调节作用。(3)使用印象管理策略的员工比不使用者达到所希冀的结果的可能性要大。(4)道德领导在印象管理策略对所希冀的结果的作用上起到调节作用。

The Use of Impression Management among Employees:An Ethical Perspective

A close look at the literature reveals a big gap in studying impression management.Virtually no research has been carried out to examine the use of impression management from an ethical perspective.Attempting to bridge the gap,the current study draws on ethical theories and social influence theory to put forward the following propositions:(1) Individuals who have high cognitive moral development level will be less likely to use impression management tactics than those with low cognitive moral development level;(2) Utilization of moral reasoning moderates the relationship between cognitive moral development and the use of impression management;(3) Individuals who use impression management tactics will be more likely to obtain desired outcomes than those who do not;(4) Ethical leadership moderates the effect of impression management tactics on desired outcomes.