Examining the Impact of Organizational Citizenship Behavior on Counterproductive Work Behavior through a Moderated Mediation Framework

This study examines how employees’ organizational citizenship behavior (OCBO) influences their counterproductive work behavior (CWBO), with a focus on the roles of moral credits and moral credentials, as framed by moral licensing theory. It also examines the moderating effect of collective identity orientation (CIO). Data from 336 Saudi employees were analyzed using Hayes’ PROCESS macro models in SPSS and AMOS. The results indicate that both moral credits and moral credentials serve as mediators