Chou Shih Yung, Chang Tree, Lakshman Sangeetha
Management, Marketing, & MIS, Winston-Salem State University, Winston-Salem, NC, USA.
Department of Accounting and Information Systems, National Kaohsiung University of Science and Technology, Kaohsiung City, Taiwan.
Psychol Rep. 2024 Jul 23:332941241265958. doi: 10.1177/00332941241265958.
Although boredom proneness has been well-studied, there is still an ongoing scholarly debate about whether boredom can move individuals to act counterproductively or productively. Drawing from a moral licensing perspective, this study empirically investigates how boredom proneness influences interpersonal citizenship behavior (ICB), moral meaningfulness, and interpersonal deviance over time. Utilizing a total of 328 three-wave panel data obtained via Amazon Mechanical Turk during a three-month period, we find the following results. First, individuals with a higher initial level of boredom proneness demonstrate a higher initial level of ICB. Second, as boredom proneness increases at a faster rate, ICB increases at a faster rate over time. Third, individuals with a higher initial level of ICB report a higher initial level of moral meaningfulness. Finally, individuals with a higher initial level of moral meaningfulness exhibit a higher initial level of interpersonal deviance. Implications for theory and practice are discussed.
尽管无聊倾向已经得到了充分研究，但关于无聊是否会促使个体做出适得其反或富有成效的行为，学界仍在进行争论。本研究从道德许可的角度出发，实证调查了无聊倾向如何随着时间的推移影响人际公民行为（ICB）、道德意义和人际偏差。我们利用在三个月内通过亚马逊土耳其机器人获得的总共328份三波面板数据，得到了以下结果。第一，初始无聊倾向水平较高的个体表现出较高的初始人际公民行为水平。第二，随着无聊倾向以更快的速度增加，人际公民行为会随着时间的推移以更快的速度增加。第三，初始人际公民行为水平较高的个体报告的初始道德意义水平也较高。最后，初始道德意义水平较高的个体表现出较高的初始人际偏差水平。本文还讨论了研究结果对理论和实践的启示。
