The importance of curtailing undesirable behaviors and, ultimately, self-focused work climates in organizations is undeniable. This study examines how management control systems (MCSs), as a crucial part firm's formal ethical infrastructure, can contribute to this objective. We conceptualize an ethically focused MCS one that communicates values and motivates employees act accordingly. Our based...

Heavy Work Investment (HWI) is a construct that comprises both workaholism and work engagement. We tested path analysis model on 364 Italian workers, with servant leadership as predictor of HWI Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (OCB) Counterproductive (CWB). also performed ANOVAs MANOVAs. Among the main findings, positive engagement OCB negative CWB. Conversely, workaholism, CWB, but it does...

An individual’s desire to influence others is known as the need for power (nPower). In available literature, construct of has been conceptualized two distinct desires powers i.e., personalized and socialized. The nPower defines an individual one’s ends, whereas, socialized help other people. However, it unclear how needs relate employees’ personality traits work-related behaviors in workplace. ...