The Dimensionality of Counterproductivity: Are All Counterproductive Behaviors Created Equal?

Autor/inn/en	Spector, Paul E.; Fox, Suzy; Penney, Lisa M.; Bruursema, Kari; Goh, Angeline; Kessler, Stacey
Titel	The Dimensionality of Counterproductivity: Are All Counterproductive Behaviors Created Equal?
Quelle	In: Journal of Vocational Behavior, 68 (2006) 3, S.446-460 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0001-8791
DOI	10.1016/j.jvb.2005.10.005
Schlagwörter	Employee Attitudes; Work Attitudes; Aggression; Crime; Psychological Patterns; Job Satisfaction; Antisocial Behavior; Work Ethic; Multidimensional Scaling; Check Lists; Item Analysis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Arbeitnehmerinteresse; Work attitude; Arbeitshaltung; Crimes; Delict; Delicts; Delikt; Labor; Labour; Satisfaction; Arbeit; Zufriedenheit; Arbeitsethos; Mehrdimensionale Analysis; Checkliste; Itemanalyse
Abstract	Most studies of counterproductive work behavior (CWB) assess it as one or two overall dimensions that might obscure relationships of potential antecedents with more specific forms of behavior. A finer-grained analysis of the relationship between counterproductive work behavior and antecedents was conducted with the five-subscales (abuse toward others, production deviance, sabotage, theft, and withdrawal) taken from the 45-item Counterproductive Work Behavior Checklist, a measure that has been used in a number of prior studies. Described is the rationale for each of the five dimensions, which have been discussed individually in the literature. Data from three combined studies provide evidence for differential relationships with potential antecedents that suggest the use of more specific subscales to assess CWB. Most notably, abuse and sabotage were most strongly related to anger and stress, theft was unrelated to emotion, and withdrawal was associated with boredom and being upset. Finally, the distinct forms of CWB may suggest distinct underlying dynamics, that vary in their balance of hostile and instrumental motivational systems. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10