Measurement artifacts in the assessment of counterproductive work behavior and organizational citizenship behavior: Do we know what we think we know?

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 781-790

  Spector, Paul E ^a   Bauer, Jeremy A ^a   Fox, Suzy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Counterproductive work behavior; CWB; OCB; Organizational citizenship behavior

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPLOYMENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WORK; WORKPLACE; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL BIAS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE APPRAISAL; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL LOYALTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORK; WORKPLACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954652357     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0019477     Document Type: Article

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