The Role of Personality and Job Stressors in Predicting Counterproductive Work Behavior: A Three-Way Interaction

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• Personal Author:
  Meier LL ; Spector PE ; Zhou ZE
• Description:
  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. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Behavior Mental Health Occupational Health Safety Stress, Psychological Workplace
• Keywords:
  Employees Job Stress Psychological Factors Psychology Psychosocial Factors Stress Work Environment Worker Health Workers Worker Safety Work Performance

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• ISSN:
  0965-075X
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  Florida ; OSHA Region 4
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  286-296
• Volume:
  22
• Issue:
  3
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20062739
• Citation:
  Int J Sel Assess 2014 Sep; 22(3):286-296
• Contact Point Address:
  Zhiqing E. Zhou, Department of Psychology, PCD 4118, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL 33620
• Email:
  zhiqing@mail.usf.edu
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2014
• Performing Organization:
  Sunshine Education and Research Center, University of South Florida
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  International Journal of Selection and Assessment
• End Date:
  20290630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:de619a1bb11b52a81e62113bbb6d07c9f35201470c4022e4dee0b8e42f68133ae8c2814b19c85f42cc2669a780906065e4515d521cc971c1c65f6a85219b745d
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  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/225930/cdc_225930_DS1.pdf
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