The relationship of personality to counterproductive work behavior (CWB): An integration of perspectives

Human Resource Management Review

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 342-352

  Spector, Paul E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggression; Counterproductive work behavior; Personality; Temperament; Workplace

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051471535     PISSN: 10534822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrmr.2010.10.002     Document Type: Article

References (90)

1. Adams S.H., John O.P. A hostility scale for the California Psychological Inventory: MMPI, observer Q-sort, and Big Five correlates. Journal of Personality Assessment 1997, 69:408-424.
2. Ajzen I. The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes 1991, 50:179-211.
3. Anderson C.A., Bushman B.J. Human aggression. Annual Review of Psychology 2002, 53:27-51.
4. Barnow S., Lucht M., Freyberger H.J. Correlates of aggressive and delinquent conduct problems in adolescence. Aggressive Behavior 2005, 31:24-39.
5. Bates J.E., Freeland C.A., Lounsbury M.L. Measurement of infant difficultness. Child Development 1979, 50:794-803.
6. Baumeister R.F., Smart L., Boden J.M. Relation of threatened egotism to violence and aggression: The dark side of high self-esteem. Psychological Review 1996, 103:5-33.
7. Berdan L.E., Keane S.P., Calkins S.D. Temperament and externalizing behavior: Social preference and perceived acceptance as protective factors. Developmental Psychology 2008, 44:957-968.
8. Berkowitz L. On the formation and regulation of anger and aggression: A cognitive-neoassociationistic analysis. The American Psychologist 1990, 45:494-503.
9. Berkowitz L. Affective aggression: The role of stress, pain, and negative affect. Human aggression: Theories, research, and implications for social policy 1998, Academic Press, San Diego. R.G. Geen, E. Donnerstein (Eds.).
10. Berry C.M., Ones D.S., Sackett P.R. Interpersonal deviance, organizational deviance, and their common correlates: A review and meta-analysis. The Journal of Applied Psychology 2007, 92:410-424.
11. Berry C.M., Sackett P.R., Wiemann S. A review of recent developments in integrity test research. Personnel Psychology 2007, 60:271-301.
12. Betancourt H., Blair I. A cognition (attribution)-emotion model of violence in conflict situations. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 1992, 18:343-350.
13. Bettencourt B., Talley A., Benjamin A.J., Valentine J. Personality and aggressive behavior under provoking and neutral conditions: A meta-analytic review. Psychological Bulletin 2006, 132:751-777.
14. Bies R.J., Tripp T.M. The study of revenge in the workplace: Conceptual, ideological, and empirical issues. Counterproductive work behavior: Investigations of actors and targets 2005, 65-81. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, US. S. Fox, P.E. Spector (Eds.).
15. Bies R.J., Tripp T.M., Kramer R.M. At the breaking point: Cognitive and social dynamics of revenge in organizations. Antisocial behavior in organizations 1997, 18-36. Sage Publications, Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, US. R.A. Giacalone, J. Greenberg (Eds.).
16. Bruk-Lee V., Spector P.E. The social stressors-counterproductive work behaviors link: Are conflicts with supervisors and coworkers the same?. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2006, 11:145-156.
17. Bushman B.J., Anderson C.A. Is it time to pull the plug on hostile versus instrumental aggression dichotomy?. Psychological Review 2001, 108:273-279.
18. Bushman B.J., Baumeister R.F. Threatened egotism, narcissism, self-esteem, and direct and displaced aggression: Does self-love or self-hate lead to violence?. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1998, 75:219-229.
19. Buss A.H., Perry M. The aggression questionnaire. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 1992, 63:452-459.
20. Chen P.Y., Spector P.E. Relationships of work stressors with aggression, withdrawal, theft and substance use: An exploratory study. Journal of Occupational and Organizational Psychology 1992, 65:177-184.
21. Chiu S.-F., Peng J.-C. The relationship between psychological contract breach and employee deviance: The moderating role of hostile attributional style. Journal of Vocational Behavior 2008, 73:426-433.
22. Crick N.R., Dodge K.A. Social information-processing mechanisms on reactive and proactive aggression. Child Development 1996, 67:993-1002.
23. Crick N.R., Grotpeter J.K., Bigbee M.A. Relationally and physically aggressive children's intent attributions and feelings of distress for relational and instrumental peer provocations. Child Development 2002, 73:1134-1142.
24. Crick N.R., Ostrov J.M., Burr J.E., Cullerton-Sen C., Jansen-Yeh E., Ralston P. A longitudinal study of relational and physical aggression in preschool. Journal of Applied Developmental Psychology 2006, 27:254-268.
25. Digman J.M., Takemoto-Chock N.K. Factors in the natural language of personality: Re-analysis, comparison, and interpretation of six major studies. Multivariate Behavioral Research 1981, 16:149-170.
26. Dill K.E., Anderson C.A., Deuser W.E. Effects of aggressive personality on social expectations and social perceptions. Journal of Research in Personality 1997, 31:272-292.
27. Dodge K.A., Crick N.R. Social information-processing bases of aggressive behavior in children. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin 1990, 16:8-22.
28. Dodge K.A., Newman J.P. Biased decision-making processes in aggressive boys. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 1981, 90:375-379.
29. Dodge K.A., Pettit G.S., Bates J.E., Valente E. Social information-processing patterns partially mediate the effect of early physical abuse on later conduct problems. Journal of Abnormal Psychology 1995, 104:632-643.
30. Dollard J., Doob L.W., Miller N.E., Mowrer O.H., Sears R.R. Frustration and aggression 1939, Yale University Press, New Haven, CT.
31. Douglas S.C., Martinko M.J. Exploring the role of individual differences in the prediction of workplace aggression. The Journal of Applied Psychology 2001, 86:547-559.
32. Eklund J.M., Klinteberg B.a. Personality characteristics as risk indications of alcohol use and violent behavior in male and female adolescents. Journal of Individual Differences 2005, 26:63-73.
33. Fite J.E., Goodnight J.A., Bates J.E., Dodge K.A., Pettit G.S. Adolescent aggression and social cognition in the context of personality: Impulsivity as a moderator of predictions from social information processing. Aggressive Behavior 2008, 34:511-520.
34. Fox S., Spector P.E. A model of work frustration-aggression. Journal of Organizational Behavior 1999, 20:915-931.
35. Fox, S., & Spector, P. E. (2010). Instrumental counterproductive work behavior and the theory of planned behavior: A "cold cognitive" approach to complement "hot affective" theories of CWB. In C. A. Schriesheim & L. L. Neider (Eds.), The dark side: New directions in management theory and research (pp. 93-114). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.
36. Fox S., Spector P.E., Miles D. Counterproductive work behavior (CWB) in response to job stressors and organizational justice: Some mediator and moderator tests for autonomy and emotions. Journal of Vocational Behavior 2001, 59:291-309.
37. Frone M.R. Interpersonal conflict at work and psychological outcomes: Testing a model among young workers. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2000, 5:246-255.
38. Goh, A. (2006). An attributional analysis of counterproductive work behavior (CWB) in response to occupational stress. Unpublished doctoral dissertation, University of South Florida, Tampa.
39. Hastings S.E., O'Neill T.A. Predicting workplace deviance using broad versus narrow personality variables. Personality and Individual Differences 2009, 47:289-293.
40. Henle C.A. Predicting workplace deviance from the interaction between organizational justice and personality. Journal of Managerial Issues 2005, 17:247-263.
41. Hershcovis M.S., Turner N., Barling J., Arnold K.A., Dupré K.E., Inness M., et al. Predicting workplace aggression: A meta-analysis. The Journal of Applied Psychology 2007, 92:228-238.
42. Hollinger R.C. Acts against the workplace: Social bonding and employee deviance. Deviant Behavior 1986, 7:53-75.
43. Hollinger R.C. Neutralizing in the workplace: An empirical analysis of property theft and production deviance. Deviant Behavior 1991, 12:169-202.
44. Hollinger R.C., Slora K.B., Terris W. Deviance in the fast-food restaurant: Correlates of employee theft, altruism, and counterproductivity. Deviant Behavior 1992, 13:155-184.
45. Hoobler J.M., Brass D.J. Abusive supervision and family undermining as displaced aggression. The Journal of Applied Psychology 2006, 91:1125-1133.
46. Houston R.J., Stanford M.S. Electrophysiological substrates of impulsiveness: Potential effects on aggressive behavior. Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology & Biological Psychiatry 2005, 29:305-313.
47. Joussemet M., Vitaro F., Barker E.D., Cote S., Nagin D.S., Zoccolillo M., et al. Controlling parenting and physical aggression during elementary school. Child Development 2008, 79:411-425.
48. Judge T.A., LePine J.A., Rich B.L. Loving yourself abundantly: Relationship of the narcissistic personality to self- and other perceptions of workplace deviance, leadership, and task and contextual performance. The Journal of Applied Psychology 2006, 91:762-776.
49. Keashly L., Harvey S. Emotional abuse in the workplace. Counterproductive work behavior: Investigations of actors and targets 2005, 201-235. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, US. S. Fox, P.E. Spector (Eds.).
50. Keashly L., Trott V., MacLean L.M. Abusive behavior in the workplace: A preliminary investigation. Violence and Victims 1994, 9:341-357.
51. Knorz C., Zapf D. Mobbing: A severe form of social stressors at work. Zeitschrift fur Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie 1996, 40:12-21.
52. Loeber R., Hay D. Key issues in the development of aggression and violence from childhood to early adulthood. Annual Review of Psychology 1997, 48:371-410.
53. MacLane C.N., Walmsley P.T. Reducing counterproductive work behavior through employee selection. Human Resource Management Review 2010, 20:62-72.
54. Marcus B., Hoft S., Riediger M. Integrity tests and the five-factor model of personality: A review and empirical test of two alternative positions. International Journal of Selection and Assessment 2006, 14:113-130.
55. Marcus B., Lee K., Ashton M.C. Personality dimensions explaining relationships between integrity tests and counterproductive behavior: Big five, or one in addition?. Personnel Psychology 2007, 60:1-34.
56. Marcus B., Schuler H. Antecedents of counterproductive behavior at work: A general perspective. The Journal of Applied Psychology 2004, 89:647-660.
57. Marcus B., Wagner U. Combining dispositions and evaluations of vocation and job to account for counterproductive work behavior in adolescent job apprentices. Journal of Occupational Health Psychology 2007, 12:161-176.
58. Marcus-Newhall A., Pedersen W.C., Carlson M., Miller N. Displaced aggression is alive and well: A meta-analytic review. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 2000, 78:670-689.
59. Mischel W. Toward a cognitive social learning reconceptualization of personality. Psychological Review 1973, 80:252-283.
60. Mischel W. On the future of personality measurement. The American Psychologist 1977, 32:246-254.
61. Morgan A.B., Lilienfeld S.O. A meta-analytic review of the relation between antisocial behavior and neuropsychological measures of executive function. Clinical Psychology Review 2000, 20:113-156.
62. Neuman J.H., Baron R.A. Aggression in the workplace. Antisocial behavior in organizations 1997, 37-67. Sage Publications, Inc, Thousand Oaks, CA, US. R.A. Giacalone, J. Greenberg (Eds.).
63. O'Brien K.E., Allen T.D. The relative importance of correlates of organizational citizenship behavior and counterproductive work behavior using multiple sources of data. Human Performance 2008, 21:62-88.
64. Ones D.S., Viswesvaran C., Schmidt F.L. Comprehensive meta-analysis of integrity test validities: Findings and implications for personnel selection and theories of job performance. The Journal of Applied Psychology 1993, 78:679-703.
65. Penney L.M., Spector P.E. Narcissism and counterproductive work behavior: Do bigger egos mean bigger problems?. International Journal of Selection and Assessment 2002, 10:126-134.
66. Penney L.M., Spector P.E. Job stress, incivility, and counterproductive work behavior (CWB): The moderating role of negative affectivity. Journal of Organizational Behavior 2005, 26:777-796.
67. Penney L.M., Spector P.E., Goh A., Hunter E.M., Turnstall M. A motivational analysis of counterproductive work behavior (CWB) 2007, University of Houston.
68. Ramirez J., Andreu J. Aggression, and some related psychological constructs (anger, hostility, and impulsivity): Some comments from a research project. Neuroscience and Biobehavioral Reviews 2006, 30:276-291.
69. Rayner C., Keashly L. Bullying at work: A perspective from Britain and North America. Counterproductive work behavior: Investigations of actors and targets 2005, 271-296. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, US. S. Fox, P.E. Spector (Eds.).
70. Robinson S.L., Bennett R.J. A typology of deviant workplace behaviors: A multidimensional scaling study. Academy of Management Journal 1995, 38:555-572.
71. Rothbart M.K. Temperament, development, and personality. Current Directions in Psychological Science 2007, 16:207-212.
72. Rotter J.B. Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement. Psychological Monographs: General & Applied 1966, 80(1):1-28.
73. Sackett P.R., DeVore C.J. Counterproductive behaviors at work 2002, Sage Publications Ltd., Thousand Oaks, CA.
74. Skarlicki D.P., Folger R. Retaliation in the workplace: The roles of distributive, procedural, and interactional justice. The Journal of Applied Psychology 1997, 82:434-443.
75. Smithikrai C. Moderating effect of situational strength on the relationship between personality traits and counterproductive work behaviour. Asian Journal of Social Psychology 2008, 11:253-263.
76. Spector P.E. Relationships of organizational frustration with reported behavioral reactions of employees. The Journal of Applied Psychology 1975, 60:635-637.
77. Spector P.E. Organizational frustration: A model and review of the literature. Personnel Psychology 1978, 31:815-829.
78. Spector P.E., Fox S. The stressor-emotion model of counterproductive work behavior. Counterproductive work behavior: Investigations of actors and targets 2005, 151-174. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC, US. P.E. Spector, S. Fox (Eds.).
79. Spector P.E., Fox S., Penney L.M., Bruursema K., Goh A., Kessler S. The dimensionality of counterproductivity: Are all counterproductive behaviors created equal?. Journal of Vocational Behavior 2006, 68:446-460.
80. Spector P.E., Zapf D., Chen P.Y., Frese M. Why negative affectivity should not be controlled in job stress research: Don't throw out the baby with the bath water. Journal of Organizational Behavior 2000, 21:79-95.
81. Stanford M.S., Houston R.J., Mathias C.W., Villemarette-Pittman N.R., Helfritz L.E., Conklin S.M. Characterizing aggressive behavior. Assessment 2003, 10:183-190.
82. Stanford M.S., Mathias C.W., Dougherty D.M., Lake S.L., Anderson N.E., Patton J.H. Fifty years of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale: An update and review. Personality and Individual Differences 2009, 47:385-395.
83. Storms P.L., Spector P.E. Relationships of organizational frustration with reported behavioural reactions: The moderating effect of locus of control. Journal of Occupational Psychology 1987, 60:227-234.
84. van Zeijl J., Mesman J., Stolk M.N., Alink L.R., van Ijzendoorn M.H., Bakermans-Kranenburg M.J., et al. Differential susceptibility to discipline: The moderating effect of child temperament on the association between maternal discipline and early childhood externalizing problems. Journal of Family Psychology 2007, 21:626-636.
85. Vitaro F., Barker E.D., Boivin M., Brendgen M., Tremblay R.E. Do early difficult temperament and harsh parenting differentially predict reactive and proactive aggression?. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology 2006, 34:685-695.
86. Vitaro F., Brendgen M., Tremblay R.E. Reactively and proactively aggressive children: Antecedent and subsequent characteristics. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry 2002, 43:495-506.
87. Watson D., Clark L.A. Negative affectivity: The disposition to experience aversive emotional states. Psychological Bulletin 1984, 96:465-490.
88. Werner N.E., Crick N.R. Maladaptive peer relationships and the development of relational and physical aggression during middle childhood. Social Development 2004, 13:495-514.
89. Zapf D., Einarsen S. Mobbing at work: Escalated conflicts in organizations. Counterproductive work behavior: Investigations of actors and targets 2005, 237-270. American Psychological Association, Washington, DC. S. Fox, P.E. Spector (Eds.).
90. Zimmer-Gembeck M.J., Geiger T.C., Crick N.R. Relational and physical aggression, prosocial behavior, and peer relations: Gender moderation and bidirectional associations. The Journal of Early Adolescence 2005, 25:421-452.