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Moral emotions: A review and research agenda for management scholarship
Author(s) -
Greenbaum Rebecca,
Bonner Julena,
Gray Truit,
Mawritz Mary
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of organizational behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.938
H-Index - 177
eISSN - 1099-1379
pISSN - 0894-3796
DOI - 10.1002/job.2367
Subject(s) - scholarship , construct (python library) , psychology , field (mathematics) , moral disengagement , social cognitive theory of morality , organizational behavior , moral psychology , epistemology , social psychology , sociology , political science , law , philosophy , mathematics , computer science , pure mathematics , programming language
Summary By discussing “families” of moral emotions, we synthesize and review the moral emotions literature in an effort to advance organizational scholarship. First, we broadly discuss “what constitutes a moral emotion?” Second, we critically examine each family of moral emotions. We discuss key controversies and debates, particularly in terms of construct overlap, and provide recommendations. Third, we review scholarly work on each family of moral emotions in the workplace and offer ideas for future research. Finally, in our general future directions, we discuss a range of theoretical perspectives that can be used to advance the moral emotions literature in the management field.