The moderators of moral identity in the impact of high-performance work systems on immoral unethical pro-organizational behaviors

Many studies have been conducted on the identity of employees in the country. But research that examines the ethical identity of sports workers as a moderating role in the impact of high-performance work systems and unethical Unethical pro-organizationalbehaviors has been neglected.

The aim of this study was to investigate the moderating role of moral identity in the effect of high-performance work systems on immoral Unethical pro-organizationalbehaviors of sports employees.

The present study is a correlation study that was conducted with a structural equation modeling approach. The statistical population was the staff of the Ministry of Sports and Youth, from which 324 people were selected as the research sample. The measurement instrument was a standard questionnaire for research variables, the validity of which was assessed using confirmatory factor analysis. The collected data were analyzed using the Partial Least Squares (PLS) method.

The results obtained from the structural equation model showed that work systems with high-performance and ethical identity can have a direct positive effect on unethical Unethical pro-organizationalbehaviors of employees. Ethical identity can also be used as a moderator variable to increase the impact of work systems on Unethical pro-organizationalbehavior by 0.184.

Considering the effect of the variables studied in this study, it is suggested that the managers of the Ministry of Sports and Youth provide the necessary support to increase the identity and especially the moral identity of their employees so that the employees do their best to handle positive organizational activities.