Breaking rules for the right reasons? An investigation of pro-social rule breaking

Using three studies, this paper developed a measure of Pro-social rule breaking (PSRB) and explored its influence on workplace perceptions, counterproductive behaviours, and task and contextual performance ratings made by supervisors via survey. PSRB is when employees volitionally choose to depart from top-down rules in order to benefit others, e.g. the organisation or stakeholders; like … Continue reading Breaking rules for the right reasons? An investigation of pro-social rule breaking