Bored employees misbehaving: The relationship between boredom and counterproductive work behaviour

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Academic boredom, engagement and the achievement of undergraduate students at university: a review and synthesis of relevant literature (2018, background): “…and theft, as well as contributing towards poor job satisfaction and reduced productivity (Dumas, 2001; Kass et al., 2001a; Mann, 2007; Loukidou et al., 2009; Watt and Hargis, 2010; Bruursema et al., 2011; Keleş and Özkan, 2011; Gerritson et al., 2014; Wan et al., 2014; Shani et al., 2018).”
Measuring procrastination at work and its associated workplace aspects (2016, unknown): “For instance, Bruursema, Kessler, and Spector (2011) found that job boredom could potentially contribute to all dimensions of CWB ( r s ranging from 0.17 to 0.31) and that boredom-prone individuals scored higher on withdrawal behaviours when encountering job boredom.”
A multilevel study on servant leadership, job boredom and job crafting (2018, background): “As a prevalent state boredom at work may lead to job dissatisfaction (Kass et al., 2001), counterproductive work behaviors (Bruursema et al., 2011), increased turnover and early retirement intentions, stress, and negative self-ratings of health and work ability (Harju et al., 2014).”