David Welsh

Dokkyo University
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    Supporting Creativity or Creative Unethicality? Empowering Leadership and the Role of Performance Pressure
    with Ke Michael Mai, Fuxi Wang, John Bush, and Kaifeng Jiang
    Journal of Business Ethics 179 (1): 111-131. 2022.
    Organizational leaders are eager to unlock the creative potential of followers. Yet, there is growing evidence that creativity can also have a dark side within organizations. Building on research linking creativity and unethical behavior, we develop the construct of creative unethicality—behavior that is both unethical and novel. We draw on social exchange theory to develop a model that identifies both why and when creative unethicality emerges within organizations. Specifically, we investigate …Read more
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    How Perpetrator Gender Influences Reactions to Premeditated Versus Impulsive Unethical Behavior: A Role Congruity Approach
    with Ke Michael Mai and Aleksander P. J. Ellis
    Journal of Business Ethics 166 (3): 489-503. 2020.
    A significant body of research has emerged in order to better understand unethical behavior at work and how gender plays a role in the process. In this study, we look to add to this literature by exploring how perpetrator gender influences reactions to distinct types of unethicality. Rather than viewing unethical behavior as a unitary construct, where all forms of lying, cheating, and stealing are the same, we integrate theories and concepts from the criminal justice and moral psychology literat…Read more
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    Investigating the Effects of Anger and Guilt on Unethical Behavior: A Dual-Process Approach
    with Daphna Motro, Lisa D. Ordóñez, and Andrea Pittarello
    Journal of Business Ethics 152 (1): 133-148. 2018.
    Although emotion has become one of the most popular research areas within organizational scholarship, few studies have considered its connection with unethical behavior. Using dual-process theory, we expand on the rationalist perspective within the field of behavioral ethics by considering the process through which two discrete emotions, anger and guilt, influence unethical behavior. Across two studies using different methodologies, we found that anger increases unethical behavior whereas guilt …Read more
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    © 2015, Springer Science+Business Media New York.Psychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depressive disorder are often accompanied by metabolic dysfunction symptoms, including obesity and diabetes. Since the circadian system controls important brain systems that regulate affective, cognitive, and metabolic functions, and neuropsychiatric and metabolic diseases are often correlated with disturbances of circadian rhythms, we hypothesize that dysregulation of circad…Read more