Constructive and destructive deviance in organizations

By Danielle E. Warren. 2003

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Subfields: Cognitive Neuroscience, Information Systems and Management, Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

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Do peers make the place? Conceptual synthesis and meta-analysis of coworker effects on perceptions, attitudes, OCBs, and performance. (2008, background): “Likewise, positively valenced forms of support have not been differentiated enough in the literature by their severity or the extent of positive deviance (Warren, 2003).”
Doing the Job Well: An Investigation of Pro-Social Rule Breaking (2006, background): “One is in recent discussions of “constructive” or “positive” deviance, defined as voluntary behavior that violates significant norms to enhance the well-being of the organization or its stakeholders (Spreitzer & Sonenshein, 2003; Warren, 2003).”
Making Sense of Whistle-Blowing's Antecedents: Learning from Research on Identity and Ethics Programs (2009, background): “Positive, or constructive, deviance is defined as intentional behaviors that depart from the norms of a referent group in honorable ways (Galperin & Burke, 2006; Spreitzer & Sonenshein, 2004; Warren, 2003).”
The deviant citizen: Measuring potential positive relations between counterproductive work behaviour and organizational citizenship behaviour (2012, background): “Substantive challenges to assumptions that CWB and OCB are opposite forms of behaviour Some researchers (e.g., Bies & Tripp, 2005; Duffy, Ganster, & Pagon, 2002; Fox, 2005, 2008; Galparin & Burke, 2006; Mitchell & Bennett, 2005; Skarlicki & Folger, 1997; Spector & Fox, 2010a, 2010b; Warren, 2003) ha”
Stealing Fire: Creative Deviance in the Evolution of New Ideas (2010, methodology): “Despite their differences, these two research streams use a similar analytical approach: they first identify specific effects of deviance, identify deviant behaviors that cause those effects, and then develop insights that apply to those selected deviant behaviors (cf. Warren, 2003).”
The mediating and moderating role of burnout and emotional intelligence in the relationship between organizational justice and work misbehavior (2017, background): “However, there are also studies indicating that, paradoxically, in some circumstances, organizational misbehavior may stem from good intentions and be a function of the said employees’ pursuit of organizational goals (Umphress & Bingham, 2011; Vardi & Wiener, 1996; Warren, 2003).”
Investigating the Effects of Moral Disengagement and Participation on Unethical Work Behavior (2011, background): “While Warren (2003) and other researchers have attempted to specify the domains of employee deviance, unethical behavior remains a rather amorphous construct, embodying a variety of socially unacceptable behaviors.”
Social Exchange Theory: A Critical Review with Theoretical Remedies (2017, background): “First, Vadera and his coauthors (2013), as well as Warren (2003), retain prosocial organizational behavior and treat it as a type of constructive deviance.”
When Employees Do Bad Things for Good Reasons: Examining Unethical Pro-Organizational Behaviors (2011, background): “…to better understand how unethical behavior occurs within organizations, we moved beyond the assumption that unethical behavior is conducted exclusively with the intent to harm organizations (see also Molinsky and Margolis 2005, Scott 2003, Vardi and Weitz 2004, Vardi and Wiener 1996, Warren 2003).”
Toward the Construct Definition of Positive Deviance (2004, background): “For example, Warren (2003) has conceptualized what a “constructive” view of deviance might entail, and Spreitzer and Sonenshein (2003) have offered an initial definition of normative positive deviance.”
The Impact of Social Norms on Entrepreneurial Action: Evidence from the Environmental Entrepreneurship Context (2010, unknown): “Specifically, our analysis finds that state-level incentives, environmental consumption norms, and norms of family interdependence are related to the formation of solar energy firms, and that conformity and family interdependence norms influence the effect of state policies on firm foundings.”
The Impact of Culture on Creativity (2015, background): “Yet deviation from established norms is often required for creative performance (Warren, 2003; Morris and Leung, 2010).”
How, When, and Why Bad Apples Spoil the Barrel: Negative Group Members and Dysfunctional Groups (2006, background): “Finally, given the focus on ''spoiled barrels'', there is little reference to whistleblowers, positive deviants, change leaders, or exceptional individuals who carry the group (c.f. Warren, 2003).”
Investigating the Relationship Between Affective Commitment and Unethical Pro-Organizational Behaviors: The Role of Moral Identity (2012, background): “These unethical pro-organizational behaviors can be seen as positive and/or desirable and such behavior may benefit the organization even though in turn it may violate some overarching social norm (Cullinan et al., 2008; Warren, 2003).”
Examination of the Relationships Between Servant Leadership, Organizational Commitment, and Voice and Antisocial Behaviors (2015, background): “For example, employees display antisocial behaviors when they purposely damage the organization’s property or when they intentionally try to hurt others at work via their words and actions (Bennett and Robinson 2000; Robinson and O’Leary-Kelly 1998; Stewart et al. 2009; Warren 2003).”
Breaking rules for the right reasons? An investigation of pro-social rule breaking (2012, background): “…research on specific forms of positive or constructive deviance, very little empirical research has tested the many propositions that have been advanced about this family of behaviors (e.g., Galperin, 2003; Spreitzer & Sonenshein, 2004; Vardi & Wiener, 1996; Warren, 2003; Worline & Quinn, 2003).”