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The Forgiving Organization: A Multilevel Model of Forgiveness at Work

Fehr, Ryan, Gelfand, Michele J.·2012·Academy of Management Review

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We introduce a multilevel model of workplace forgiveness and present forgiveness climate as an organizational-level phenomenon that explains when and why employees respond to conflict prosocially. We begin with an examination of the core cultural values that allow forgiveness climates to emerge, including restorative justice, compassion, and temperance. We then explore how the organizational environment, organizational practices, and leader attributes produce these core cultural values and facilitate forgiveness climate emergence. Drawing from a sensemaking perspective, we subsequently examine the cross-level impact of forgiveness climate on individual employees, as well as the boundary conditions of these effects. We conclude with a discussion of our model's contributions and implications for future theory building and empirical research.

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Authors
Fehr, R., & Gelfand, M. J.
Venue
Academy of Management Review
Published
2012-10
Volume
37
Issue
4
Pages
664-688
ISSN
  • 0363-7425 (ISSN-L)
  • 1930-3807
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W2113820377
Cited by
254
References
130
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16.88
Type
journal article
Language
en
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