The Role of Personality and Job Stressors in Predicting Counterproductive Work Behavior: A Three-way Interaction
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2014
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsa.12077
Abstract
The current study examined interactive effects among personality and job stressors in predicting employees' engagement in counterproductive work behavior (CWB) defined as behavior that harms organizations or people in organizations. Survey data were collected from 932 employees and results showed significant negative relationships of agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional stability with CWB directed at organizations (CWB-O) and people (CWB-P), and significant positive relationships of interpersonal conflict and organizational constraints with CWB-O and CWB-P. Further, it was found that the positive relationships of interpersonal conflict with CWB-O and CWB-P were strongest for people of low emotional stability–low agreeableness among all emotional stability–agreeableness combinations, and that the positive relationships of organizational constraints with CWB-O and CWB-P were strongest for people of high emotional stability–low conscientiousness among all emotional stability–conscientiousness combinations.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
International Journal of Selection and Assessment, v. 22, issue 3, p. 286-296
Scholar Commons Citation
Zhou, Zhiqing; Meier, Laurenz L.; and Spector, Paul E., "The Role of Personality and Job Stressors in Predicting Counterproductive Work Behavior: A Three-way Interaction" (2014). Psychology Faculty Publications. 2474.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/2474
