TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - The vigilante identity and organizations
JO  - Organizational behavior and human decision processes
A1  - Chen, Fan Xuan
A1  - Graso, Maja
A1  - Aquino, Karl
A1  - Lin, Lily
A1  - Cheng, Joey T.
A1  - DeCelles, Katherine
A1  - Vadera, Abhijeet K.
SP  - e104136
EP  - e104136
VL  - 170
IS  - 
N2  - We test the theoretical and practical utility of the vigilante identity, a self-perception of being the kind of person who monitors their environment for signs of norm violations, and who punishes the perceived norm violator, without formal authority. We develop and validate a measure of the vigilante identity scale (VIS) and demonstrate the scale's incremental predictive validity above and beyond seemingly related constructs (Studies 1 - 2e). We show that the VIS predicts hypervigilance towards organizational wrongdoing (Studies 2 and 4), punishment intentions and behavior in and of organizations (Studies 3 and 4) as well as in the wider community (Study 1), and is activated under organizational justice failure conditions (Study 3). We maintain that vigilantes can impact organizations and society from both inside and outside organizational walls and we discuss theoretical implications for scholarship on vigilantes, as well as on morality, social norms, and third-party punishment in organizations.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0749-5978
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.obhdp.2022.104136
ID  - ref1
ER  -