TY - JOUR T1 - Can Organizational Identification Weaken the Negative Effects of Customer Bullying?-Testing the Moderating Effect of Organizational Identification. AU - Huang,Haili, AU - Yu,Shengxian, AU - Peng,Pin, Y1 - 2022/05/31/ PY - 2021/09/01/received PY - 2022/05/09/accepted PY - 2022/6/17/entrez PY - 2022/6/18/pubmed PY - 2022/6/18/medline KW - conservation of resources theory KW - customer bullying KW - job insecurity KW - organizational identification KW - unethical behaviors SP - 769087 EP - 769087 JF - Frontiers in psychology JO - Front Psychol VL - 13 N2 - Customer bullying is a common phenomenon, causing short-term emotional distress or having long-term psychological impact on frontline employees of service enterprises, yielding either direct or indirect losses to service enterprises. While existing research has focused on the emotional and psychological impact of customer bullying on employees, little attention has been directed at the impact of customer bullying on negative employee behavior and internal mechanisms. In view of this, this paper draws on conservation of resources theory and discusses how and when customer bullying can lead to unethical behaviors. Furthermore, the mediating role of job insecurity and the moderating effect of organizational identification are analyzed. In study 1, 181 valid questionnaire data were collected at two time points, and regression data analysis was used to explore the effect of customer bullying on unethical behaviors through job insecurity. In study 2, 212 employees were recruited to investigate the moderating effect of organizational identification between customer bullying and unethical behaviors through a scenario experimental study. The results reveal that customer bullying is positively related to employees' job insecurity and unethical behaviors. Job insecurity partially mediates the positive relationship between customer bullying and unethical behaviors. Further, the regression analysis results indicate that the direct effect of customer bullying on unethical behaviors is moderated by organizational identification. This study provides theoretical guidance for entrepreneurs to reduce both employee job insecurity and unethical behavior. SN - 1664-1078 UR - https://www.unboundmedicine.com/medline/citation/35712190/Can_Organizational_Identification_Weaken_the_Negative_Effects_of_Customer_Bullying_Testing_the_Moderating_Effect_of_Organizational_Identification_ DB - PRIME DP - Unbound Medicine ER -