Measurement Artifacts in the Assessment of Counterproductive Work Behavior and Organizational Citizenship Behavior: Do We Know What We Think We Know?

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• Personal Author:
  Bauer JA ; Fox S ; Spector PE
• Description:
  An experiment investigated whether measurement features affected observed relationships between counterproductive work behavior (CWB) and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and their relationships with other variables. As expected, correlations between CWB and OCB were significantly higher with ratings of agreement rather than frequency of behavior, when OCB scale content overlapped with CWB than when it did not, and with supervisor rather than self-ratings. Relationships with job satisfaction and job stressors were inconsistent across conditions. We concluded that CWB and OCB are likely unrelated and not necessarily oppositely related to other variables. Researchers should avoid overlapping content in CWB and OCB scales and should use frequency formats to assess how often individuals engage in each form of behavior. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Author Keywords: Counterproductive Work Behavior CWB Job Stress OCB Organizational Citizenship Behavior Work Environment Workers
• ISSN:
  0021-9010
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; Illinois ; OSHA Region 4 ; OSHA Region 5
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  95
• Issue:
  4
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062419
• Citation:
  J Appl Psychol 2010 Jul; 95(4):781-790
• Contact Point Address:
  Paul E., Spector, Department of Psychology, PCD 4118, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620
• Email:
  pspector@usf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2010
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Applied Psychology
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:138aa381104a0230d7521949a45180479fad084993b14de0294e639a8cb1ab89ab8aac044805f180c7b6e9f0c56609b447e1b5b9612e0b7aef1eb4b4fd58708f
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225673/cdc_225673_DS1.pdf
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