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ProfessorCeliaMoore

Business School

Professor of Organisational Behaviour
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 5400c.moore Website CV

 
 
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287ABusiness School BuildingSouth Kensington Campus

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Publications

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@article{Derfler-Rozin:2016:10.1287/orsc.2016.1094,
author = {Derfler-Rozin, R and Moore, C and Staats, BR},
doi = {10.1287/orsc.2016.1094},
journal = {Organization Science},
pages = {1361--1379},
title = {Reducing organizational rule breaking through task variety: how task design supports deliberative thinking},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2016.1094},
volume = {27},
year = {2016}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - In this paper we argue that task design affects rule breaking in the workplace. Specifically, we propose that task variety activates deliberative (Type 2) processes as opposed to automatic/intuitive (Type 1) processes, which, in turn, helps prevent individuals from breaking rules in order to serve their own hedonic self-interest. We use data from the home loan application processing operations of a Japanese bank to establish the phenomenon in the field. We document that increased task variety at a daily level is associated with lower levels of rule breaking in the form of violating corporate break time policies (Study 1). We further explore the relationship between task variety and rule breaking in three lab experiments, using different operationalizations of rule breaking (Studies 2, 3a, and 3b) and provide direct evidence for the mediating effect of deliberative thinking in this relationship (Studies 3a and 3b). We discuss implications for rule compliance in organizations, behavioral ethics, and work design.
AU  - Derfler-Rozin,R
AU  - Moore,C
AU  - Staats,BR
DO  - 10.1287/orsc.2016.1094
EP  - 1379
PY  - 2016///
SN  - 1047-7039
SP  - 1361
TI  - Reducing organizational rule breaking through task variety: how task design supports deliberative thinking
T2  - Organization Science
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1287/orsc.2016.1094
UR  - http://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000391220600002&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=1ba7043ffcc86c417c072aa74d649202
UR  - https://pubsonline.informs.org/doi/10.1287/orsc.2016.1094
VL  - 27
ER  -
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