Citation

Baka Ł. Int. J. Occup. Med. Environ. Health 2019; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Central Institute for Labour Protection - National Research Institute, Warsaw, Poland (Department of Ergonomy, Social Psychology Laboratory).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, Lodz and the Polish Association of Occupational Medicine, Publisher Walter de Gruyter)

DOI

10.13075/ijomeh.1896.01425

PMID

31625536

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: Drawing on the stressor-emotion model, the study aimed to identify some predictors of the active and passive types of counterproductive work behavior (CWB). Specifically, 1) the direct effect of bullying on CWB, 2) the 2-way interaction effects of the Dark Triad (DT) and job control (JC), as well as 3) the 3-way interaction effect (DT×JC) on the bullying-CWB link were investigated. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Data were collected from 659 white- and blue-collar workers. The 2- and 3-way interactional effects were analyzed by means of PROCESS macros.

RESULTS: The analysis showed that high bullying was directly related to high active and passive types of CWB. The 2- and 3-way interactional effects were observed but only in relation to active (not passive) CWB. Bullying was associated with active CWB when the Dark Triad and job control were high.

CONCLUSIONS: The study showed different ways of both types of CWB development. The findings provide further insight into processes leading to an increase in active and passive CWB.

This work is available in Open Access model and licensed under a CC BY-NC 3.0 PL license.

Language: en

Keywords

Dark Triad; bullying at workplace; counterproductive work behavior; job control; job stress; organizational behavior