The impact of competitive climate on organizational deviance: Examining the roles of moral disengagement and felt trust

Wing Shing Lee
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Wing Shing Lee: I-Shou University

International Journal of Research in Business and Social Science (2147-4478), 2025, vol. 14, issue 7, 136-146

Abstract: Management often promotes internal competition as a means to enhance employee performance; however, the potential adverse effects are frequently neglected. This study investigates the relationships among competitive psychological climate, organizational deviance, moral disengagement, and felt trust. It explores how a competitive climate is associated with organizational deviance through the mechanism of moral disengagement and examines whether felt trust moderates this relationship. Surveys were administered in two phases to 279 full-time employees in Taiwan. Partial least square structural equation modeling was employed to test the hypothesized relationships. Our findings indicate that moral disengagement mediates the relationship between competitive psychological climate and organizational deviance. Furthermore, felt trust moderated both the direct and indirect relationships involving competitive psychological climate. The implication for management is that when employing internal competition to enhance performance, they should consider the potential for deviant behavior and whether it can be mitigated by moderators such as felt trust. Key Words: Competitive psychological climate; organizational deviance; moral disengagement; felt trust; competition

Date: 2025
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