Self-Serving Counterproductive Work Behaviors: The Development and Validation of a Scale
Within the body of knowledge in counterproductive work behaviors (CWB), a large majority of researchers categorizes these behaviors under the common rubrics of theft, aggression, violence, sabotage, alcohol use, substance abuse, and absenteeism. However, researchers indicate that the current inve...
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| description | Within the body of knowledge in counterproductive work behaviors (CWB), a large
majority of researchers categorizes these behaviors under the common rubrics of theft,
aggression, violence, sabotage, alcohol use, substance abuse, and absenteeism. However,
researchers indicate that the current inventories of counterproductive work behaviors are
not applicable to all contexts, situations, and jobs. The current study aims to extend the
scope of available inventories of CWB by developing and validating a scale for selfserving counterproductive work behaviors by following scale development guidelines by
Hinkin (1998) in two independent studies. An EFA, and CFA performed in study 1
revealed that the finally retained eight items showed an alpha reliability coefficient of
0.83, whereas the CFA results confirmed for the convergent and discriminant validities.
Moreover, the replication of the scale psychometrics in study 2 corroborated the
convergent and discriminant validity of the developed scale with an internal consistency
value of 0.79. This study contributes in the growing body of literature in CWB domain as
the first study to develop a scale for the measurement of self-serving CWB as a distinct
category of negative behaviors and holds significant implications for theory and practice.
The study further discusses theoretical implications, limitations, and directions for future
research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5de8dba80ce04af9aea20f6961a01ec72022-12-22T01:20:34ZengJohar Education SocietyPakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences1997-85532309-86192019-06-01132257282Self-Serving Counterproductive Work Behaviors: The Development and Validation of a ScaleFariha Zahid 0Suleman Dawood School of Business, Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore, PakistanWithin the body of knowledge in counterproductive work behaviors (CWB), a large majority of researchers categorizes these behaviors under the common rubrics of theft, aggression, violence, sabotage, alcohol use, substance abuse, and absenteeism. However, researchers indicate that the current inventories of counterproductive work behaviors are not applicable to all contexts, situations, and jobs. The current study aims to extend the scope of available inventories of CWB by developing and validating a scale for selfserving counterproductive work behaviors by following scale development guidelines by Hinkin (1998) in two independent studies. An EFA, and CFA performed in study 1 revealed that the finally retained eight items showed an alpha reliability coefficient of 0.83, whereas the CFA results confirmed for the convergent and discriminant validities. Moreover, the replication of the scale psychometrics in study 2 corroborated the convergent and discriminant validity of the developed scale with an internal consistency value of 0.79. This study contributes in the growing body of literature in CWB domain as the first study to develop a scale for the measurement of self-serving CWB as a distinct category of negative behaviors and holds significant implications for theory and practice. The study further discusses theoretical implications, limitations, and directions for future research.http://www.jespk.net/publications/4337.pdfcounterproductive work behaviorsscale developmentself-serving behaviorsmachiavellianismpolitical nature |
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| title | Self-Serving Counterproductive Work Behaviors: The Development and Validation of a Scale |
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| title_short | Self-Serving Counterproductive Work Behaviors: The Development and Validation of a Scale |
| title_sort | self serving counterproductive work behaviors the development and validation of a scale |
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