workplace deviance

Categories : *Journal of Applied PsychologyTags : ethics wellness workplace deviance

Ethics in the Workplace: Anxious Employees May Cause Trouble

On June 1, 2015June 1, 2021 By I-O AT WORK

Employees are faced with anxiety producing events every day: securing new clients, important meetings with bosses, interacting with difficult coworkers. Yet, these events can lead to more than just uncomfortable feelings, they may also affect ethics in the workplace. Recent research shows that anxious employees may be more likely to engage in unethical behavior than employees in a relaxed state.

Categories : *Journal of Applied PsychologyTags : Counter-Productive Work Behavior decision making ethics workplace deviance

Unethical Employees May Have Been Socially Ostracized at Work

On April 7, 2015June 1, 2021 By I-O AT WORK

Researchers show how socially ostracized employees may be more likely to engage in unethical workplace behavior. What can organizations do about this?

Categories : *Journal of Organizational BehaviorTags : leadership Organizational Management workplace deviance

Passive Leadership May Encourage Workplace Incivility and Employee Withdrawal

On February 26, 2015June 1, 2021 By I-O AT WORK

Research suggests that harmful work outcomes occur when leaders react passively to uncivil workplace behavior.

Categories : *Journal of Business and PsychologyTags : assessment Faking selection workplace deviance

How to Reduce Cheating on Pre-Employment Testing

On February 24, 2015May 16, 2021 By I-O AT WORK

Researchers provide tips for organizations on how to reduce cheating on unproctored internet tests.

Categories : *Journal of Applied PsychologyTags : ethics workplace deviance

How Unethical Customers Cost Organizations Twice

On January 29, 2015September 5, 2019 By I-O AT WORK

Researchers demonstrate how employees who witness unethical behavior can be driven to emotional exhaustion and reduced performance.

Categories : *Journal of Applied PsychologyTags : Counter-Productive Work Behavior job performance workplace deviance2 Comments

The Impact of Envy on High Performing Employees

On May 13, 2014June 2, 2021 By I-O AT WORK

A new study examines the role jealousy plays in workplace victimization, as well as factors that could help organizations avoid this sort of bullying altogether.

Categories : *Personnel PsychologyTags : assessment Counter-Productive Work Behavior ethics personality workplace deviance

Which Employees will Morally Disengage and Behave Unethically?

On May 9, 2012November 18, 2019 By I-O AT WORK

Researchers take a look at a new psychological concept that analyzes the difference in how people think about ethical decisions and behavior.

Categories : *Personnel Psychology Conflict Stress Work-Life Balance Workplace DevianceTags : conflict stress workplace deviance

A Bad Boss Can Ruin Your Marriage

On December 19, 2011 By I-O AT WORK

Topic: Conflict, Stress, Work-Life Balance, Workplace Deviance Publication: Personnel Psychology Article: The Fallout from Abusive Supervision: An Examination of Subordinates and Their Partners Authors: Carson, D. S., Ferguson, M., Perrewé, P. L., & Whitten, D. Reviewed By: Katie Bachman Maybe this can be filed in the “Well, Duh” folder, but

Categories : *Journal of Business and PsychologyTags : Counter-Productive Work Behavior fairness workplace deviance

One Reason For Bad Behavior at Work

On February 16, 2011May 31, 2021 By I-O AT WORK

Counterproductive work behavior is harmful to organizations. Researchers identify one reason that employee may choose to engage in it.

Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Workplace DevianceTags : discrimination human resources industrial-organizational psychology workplace deviance

Dealing With An Abusive Supervisor? Will Distributive Justice Help? Nope…It Will Make It Worse!!

On February 4, 2011 By I-O AT WORK

Topics: Workplace Deviance
Publication: Journal of Applied Psychology (NOV 2010)
Article: Self-Gain or Self-Regulation Impairment? Tests of Competing Explanations of the Supervisor Abuse and Employee Deviance Relationship Through Perceptions of Distributive Justice
Authors: Stefan Thau and Marie S. Mitchell
Reviewed by: Mary Alice Crowe-Taylor