Gino, F., Schweitzer, M. E., Mead, N. L., &Ariely, D. (2011). Unable to resist temptation: How self-control depletion promotes unethical behavior.
Across four experimental studies, individuals who were depleted of their self-regulatory resources by an initial act of self-control were more likely to “impulsively cheat” than individuals whose self-regulatory resources were intact. Our results demonstrate that individuals depleted of self-control resources were more likely to behave dishonestly (Study 1). Depletion reduced people’s moral awareness when they faced the opportunity to cheat, which, in turn, was responsible ...