Casciaro, Gino, and Kouchaki (2014, hereafter CGK) have proposed that people view networking actions as morally impure and therefore feel dirty when doing so, which in turn triggers a need for cleansing. In the present paper, I challenge the theoretical premise and empirical evidence presented in CGK. I first argue that the core concept of the paper (i.e., moral purity) lacks theoretical grounds and construct validity, and highlight several methodological issues that threaten the original con...
