The impact of psychological distance and power distance values on the socio- moral judgment vis-a-vis transgressions and atypical behaviors in the workplace

We studied the relationship between the value of power distance, the psychological distances and sociomoral judgments of severity and rejection. The results reveal that judgments are structured by values and psychological distances. When the distances increase the judgements are more severe. These results suggest that it is necessary to consider the judgments on deviant behavior at work in relation to normative criteria used by workers.