The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly? A Triarchic Perspective on Psychopathy at Work

2021 ◽  
pp. 0306624X2110226
Author(s):  
Iris Kranefeld ◽  
Gerhard Blickle
Keyword(s):  
Job Performance ◽  
Political Skill ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behavior ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behaviors ◽  
Adaptive Performance ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
Workplace Outcomes ◽  
And Task ◽  
Triarchic Model

Does psychopathy have an upside in vocational contexts? Applying the triarchic model of psychopathy, we propose that the dimensions of boldness, disinhibition, and meanness have different relations to workplace outcomes. Focusing on boldness and in line with socioanalytic personality theory, we propose that political skill moderates the relation between boldness and job performance. Using a sample of 477 target-coworker pairings, we found interaction effects of boldness and political skill on contextual and task performance, and the buffering of counterproductive work behavior. Furthermore, political skill moderated the relation between boldness and adaptive performance. Disinhibition and meanness were positively correlated with counterproductive work behaviors, thereby reflecting the dark core of psychopathy. In sum, boldness is a trait linked to career success in the absence of the other traits that make up psychopathy as a whole. Furthermore, we encourage the use of the triarchic model as an overarching framework in vocational contexts.

scholarly journals The Role of Discrete Negative Emotions in Predicting the Behavior of Misusing Time and Resources in Business Organisations in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Savitha ◽  
K.B. Akhilesh
Keyword(s):  
Negative Emotions ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behavior ◽  
Work Conditions ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behaviors ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
Deviant Behaviors ◽  
Extant Literature ◽  
Productive Time

Counterproductive work behaviors (CWB) are the deviant behaviors ofemployees that violate the organisational norms, and in turn harm theorganisation or its members. Misuse of time and resources (MTR), a form ofCWB is of increasing concern to business organisations world-wide. Suchbehaviors are mainly aimed at the organisations than the individuals,restricting productive time on the job and inappropriate or unauthorized use oforganisational resources. Extant literature informs that these behaviors arecaused by stressful work conditions mediated by negative emotions. However,the extant literature does not adequately consider multiple discrete emotions tostudy CWB. This study examines the influence of discrete negative emotions onmisuse of time and resources in the context of manufacturing and IT firms inIndia. It contributes to theory by linking individual emotions to the deviantbehaviors relevant to misuse of time and resources. Finally, the managerialimplications derived from the study helps to understand employees’ emotionalstates and their possible consequences.KeywordsMisuse of time and resources; Counterproductive work behavior; Time theft;Time banditry; Withdrawal

Social media snooping on job applicants

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (5) ◽  
pp. 1261-1280 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Bret Becton ◽  
H. Jack Walker ◽  
J. Bruce Gilstrap ◽  
Paul H. Schwager
Keyword(s):  
Social Media ◽  
Social Networking ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behavior ◽  
Job Applicants ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behaviors ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Social Networking Website

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how HR professionals use social networking website information to evaluate applicants’ propensity to engage in counterproductive work behaviors and suitability for hire. Design/methodology/approach Using an experimental design, 354 HR professionals participated in a two-part study. In part 1, participants viewed a fictitious resume and rated the applicant’s likelihood to engage in counterproductive work behavior as well as likelihood of a hiring recommendation. In part 2, participants viewed a fictitious social networking website profile for the applicant and repeated the ratings from part 1. The authors analyzed their responses to determine the effect viewing a social network website (SNW) profile had on ratings of the applicant. Findings Unprofessional SNW information negatively affected ratings of applicants regardless of applicants’ qualifications, while professional SNW profile information failed to improve evaluations regardless of qualifications. Originality/value Anecdotal reports suggest that many employers use SNW information to eliminate job applicants from consideration despite an absence of empirical research that has examined how SNW content influences HR recruiters’ evaluation of job applicants. This study represents one of the first attempts to understand how HR professionals use such information in screening applicants. The findings suggest that unprofessional SNW profiles negatively influence recruiter evaluations while professional SNW profile content has little to no effect on evaluations.

scholarly journals The Open Door to Prevent Counterproductive Work Behavior: ethical leadership

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1, 2 e 3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Halime Göktaş Kulualp ◽  
Cenk Murat Koçoğlu
Keyword(s):  
Ethical Leadership ◽  
Leadership Behaviors ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Leadership Behavior ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behavior ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behaviors ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
Survey Technique ◽  
Business Behavior

The aim of this study is to determine the effect of ethical leadership behavior on counterproductive behaviors. Data were obtained using the survey technique. The sample of the study consists of 252 employees who work in four - and five - star hotels in Istanbul. According to the results of the analysis, it is found that the "abuse" dimension is the most powerful dimension in order to explain counterproductive work behavior. Counterproductive business behavior is negatively affected by ethical leadership behaviors. In addition, ethical leadership has a negative impact on behaviors related to abuse, withdrawal, theft, sabotage, and deviation from production and service, which have counterproductive business behavior dimensions. Keywords: Ethical Leadership. Counterproductive Work Behaviors. Hotel Employees.

scholarly journals Effect of Employee Oriented Human Resource Management Practices on Counterproductive Work Behaviors

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 23-41
Author(s):  
Zelalem Gebretsadik Estifo ◽  
Luo Fan ◽  
Naveed Ahmad Faraz
Keyword(s):  
Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource Management ◽  
Human Resource ◽  
Organizational Support ◽  
Perceived Organizational Support ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behavior ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behaviors ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
The Impact

This research investigated the link between employee-orientated human resource management (EOHRM) counterproductive work behaviors targeted at individual members and organization in Ethiopia. Relaying on social exchange theory, organizational support theory, signaling theory, and relevant literature we examined how employee-oriented HRM practice affects counterproductive work behaviors by using perceived organizational support as a mediator. Data had been obtained from 555 workers and 150 supervisors from eight companies in Ethiopia. Partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) methods via SmartPLS has been used to determine the hypothesized links pertaining to employee-oriented HRM and counterproductive work behavior directed towards individual members and the organization. Final results confirmed that perceived organizational support fully mediated the relationship between employee-oriented HRM and counterproductive work behaviors. The impact of employee-oriented HRM on counterproductive work behavior-organizational via perceived organizational support were stronger than the impact of employee-oriented HRM on counterproductive work behavior – individual (interpersonal). The findings suggest that organizations may minimize (reduce) employees’ counterproductive work behavior by putting into action employee-oriented HRM practices that would uplift perceived organizational support that finally prevents the tendency to act against the organization and its members.

scholarly journals Transforming the Emotional Intelligence of the Feeders in Agribusinesses into the Development of Task Performance and Counterproductive Work Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Animals ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 3124
Author(s):  
Stanley Y. B. Huang ◽  
Ming-Way Li ◽  
Yue-Shi Lee
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Work Engagement ◽  
Multilevel Model ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behavior ◽  
Livestock Production ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behaviors ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
Implementation Method

The present research poses a novel multilevel model to describe how transformational leadership can significantly affect task performance and counterproductive work behavior through intermediary effects of emotional intelligence, work engagement, and work burnout. The empirical data is from 240 livestock feeders from 80 Taiwanese livestock production agribusinesses. The empirical results demonstrate that leadership could indeed transform the emotional intelligence of livestock feeders into positive task performance and negative counterproductive work behavior. The research results can provide an implementation method for livestock production agribusinesses to achieve the sustainable work of feeders in agribusinesses through handling task performance and counterproductive work behavior of feeders.

scholarly journals Lack of organizational justice increase counterproductive work behavior: A study in Medan

2020 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Mukhaira El Akmal ◽  
Widya Arisandy ◽  
Ade Maria Panggabean ◽  
Anggi Permana ◽  
Rayshenda D. C. Butar-butar
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behavior ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behaviors ◽  
Correlational Study ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
Attitudes And Behaviors ◽  
Counterproductive Behaviors ◽  
And Behaviors ◽  
The Impact

Employees' attitudes and behaviors are crucial in determining the success of an organization. However, employees sometimes behave in undesirable ways that hamper their organization to reach its goals. The present research examines the impact of organizational justice on employees' counterproductive work behaviors. The results of this correlational study showed that employees who had lower perceived organizational justice were inclined to engage in counterproductive work behaviors than those who possess higher perceived organizational justice. We discussed the importance of organizational justice as a means to reduce counterproductive behaviors. Sikap dan perilaku karyawan sangat penting dalam menentukan keberhasilan suatu organisasi. Namun, karyawan terkadang berperilaku yang tidak diinginkan, yang dapat menghambat organisasi untuk mencapai tujuan. Penelitian ini mengkaji dampak keadilan organisasi pada perilaku kontraproduktif karyawan. Hasil penelitian korelasional ini menunjukkan bahwa karyawan yang memiliki persepsi keadilan organisasional yang rendah cenderung berperilaku kontraproduktif dibandingkan dengan karyawan yang memiliki persepsi keadilan organisasional yang tinggi. Kami membahas pentingnya keadilan organisasi sebagai sarana untuk mengurangi perilaku kontraproduktif.

scholarly journals Relationship between Organizational Justice and Counterproductive Work Behaviors

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 206-212
Author(s):  
Nurul Komari ◽  
Sulistiowati Sulistiowati
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Organizational Justice ◽  
Significant Relationship ◽  
Negative Relationship ◽  
Interactional Justice ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behavior ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behaviors ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
The Relationship

Objective – This study examined the mediating role of job satisfaction (JS) on the relationship of distributive justice (DJ), procedural justice (PJ) and interactional justice (IJ) to counterproductive work behavior (CWB). Methodology/Technique – The respondents of this study were a total of 110 employees of service companies in Indonesia. The data used were primary data collected through questionnaires and processed using Partial Least Squares (PLS) analysis. Findings – The results of this research showed that DJ, PJ, and IJ have a positive and significant relationship with JS. DJ has a positive but insignificant relationship with CWB. However, PJ has a negative but significant relationship with CWB. Meanwhile IJ and JS haves an insignificant negative relationship with CWB. JS insignificantly mediates the relationship between organizational justice (OJ) and CWB. Originality/value - This study provides empirical support for the relationship between DJ, PJ, and IJ on JS and CWB. This study also provides evidence regarding the relationship between direct OJ and JS with counterproductive work behavior. Type of Paper: Empirical. JEL Classification: J60, J61, J69. Keywords: organizational justice, job satisfaction, counterproductive work behaviors. Reference to this paper should be made as follows: Komari, N; Sulistiowati. (2020). Relationship between Organizational Justice and Counterproductive Work Behaviors, J. Mgt. Mkt. Review, 5(4) 206 – 212. https://doi.org/10.35609/jmmr.2020.5.4(2)

scholarly journals The Influence of Internal Marketing and Job Satisfaction on Task Performance and Counterproductive Work Behavior in an Emerging Marketing during the COVID-19 Pandemic

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (7) ◽  
pp. 3670
Author(s):  
Marcela-Sefora Nemteanu ◽  
Dan-Cristian Dabija
Keyword(s):  
Job Satisfaction ◽  
Task Performance ◽  
Social Exchange ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behavior ◽  
Internal Marketing ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behaviors ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
Marketing Orientation

To reduce the spread of the virus, authorities have imposed restrictive measures, such as limiting movement of individuals, shutting down non-essential stores, imposing a general or local quarantine, along with physical distancing and isolation of vulnerable people. Remote working has become the ‘new normal’ for many organizations, engendering further challenges for employees, who have started experiencing anxiety, technostress caused by digitalization and lack of social interaction, frustration, occupational burden, counterproductive work behavior, exhaustion, burnout, depersonalization, and increased turnover intention. All these factors, corroborated by prolonged restrictions, have contributed to a decrease in employee satisfaction, diminishing performance and generating a counterproductive behavior. Based on Social Exchange Theory, this research plans to investigate the influence of internal marketing on job satisfaction, task performance, and counterproductive work behavior in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in an emerging market, namely Romania. Based on a quantitative research study among 850 employees, we show that internal marketing strongly and significantly impacts job satisfaction, while insignificantly impacting task performance and counterproductive work behavior. Job satisfaction actuates task performance in a significant and positive manner, contributing to a reduction in counterproductive work behaviors. This paper highlights the effects of internal marketing orientation on job satisfaction, and the effects of job satisfaction on job performance and counterproductive work behaviors.

Political skill and self-serving counterproductive work behaviors: Moderating role of perceptions of organizational politics

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
Fariha Zahid ◽  
Arif Nazir Butt ◽  
Abdul Karim Khan
Keyword(s):  
Political Skill ◽  
Organizational Politics ◽  
Organizational Outcomes ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behaviors ◽  
Dark Side ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
Perceptions Of Organizational Politics ◽  
Political Perceptions ◽  
Activation Theory ◽  
Trait Activation

AbstractThe scholarship on political skill documents that it is a social savvy, personal style construct, associated with positive personal and organizational outcomes. However, this study takes a counterintuitive view and demonstrates that despite being a positive resource, political skill also has the potential to be used as a self-serving device to achieve one's personal agendas in the form of self-serving counterproductive work behaviors. Borrowing insights from the trait activation theory, this study demonstrates that a context, high in political perceptions, acts as an incentivized condition for politically skilled people to execute its dark side. The results supported the hypothesis and revealed that under high perceptions of organizational politics, political skill will have a significant, positive relation with self-serving counterproductive work behaviors. The study discusses important theoretical and practical implications of these results and extends the domains of political skill and counterproductive work behaviors.

scholarly journals Counterproductive Work Behaviors: a Socio-Demographic Characteristic-Based Study among Employees in the Nigerian Maritime Sector

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 117-138 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ignatius Ikechukwu Uche ◽  
Olusoji George ◽  
Wuraola Abiola
Keyword(s):  
Demographic Characteristic ◽  
Demographic Variables ◽  
Demographic Characteristics ◽  
Work Behavior ◽  
Counterproductive Work Behaviors ◽  
Citizenship Behavior ◽  
Work Behaviors ◽  
Maritime Industry ◽  
Organizational Fit ◽  
Multistage Sampling

AbstractThe prevalence of counterproductive work behavior (CWB) does not only differ across industries but also varies significantly according to socio-demographic characteristics. This study examines CWB and socio-demographic characteristics among selected employees in the Nigerian maritime industry. Causal research design was adopted to survey 1,000 employees selected through multistage sampling approach in three selected parastatals (Nigerian Ports Authority, Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, and Nigerian Shippers Council). The data obtained were analyzed with ANOVA and t-test. Based on the analysis carried out, CWB was found to be significantly related to gender, age, marital status, employee cadre, and income, while employees’ level of educational attainment is not significantly related to CWB. Based on the abovementioned findings, the study concludes that the level of education is not significantly connected to the employees’ propensity towards CWB, while other socio-demographic variables are strongly associated to CWB in the workplace. The study recommends that management should develop a mechanism for identifying and selecting their potential employees as a guide against poor organizational fit of employees and that of the organization. Likewise, effort should be intensified to develop and improve organizational culture that will propel citizenship behavior in the workplace.

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