Predicting Counterproductive Work Behavior from Guilt Proneness

By T. Cohen, Abigail Panter, Nazli Turan. Journal of Business Ethics, 2012

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We investigated the relationship between guilt proneness and counterproductive work behavior (CWB) using a diverse sample of employed adults working in a variety of different industries at various levels in their organizations. CWB refers to behaviors that harm or are intended to harm organizations or people in organizations. Guilt proneness is a personality trait characterized by a predisposition to experience negative feelings about personal wrongdoing. CWB was engaged in less frequently by individuals high in guilt proneness compared to those low in guilt proneness, controlling for other known correlates of CWB. CWB was also predicted by gender, age, intention to turnover, interpersonal conflict at work, and negative affect at work. Given the detrimental impact of CWB on people and organizations, it may be wise for employers to consider guilt proneness when making hiring decisions.

Subfields: Clinical Psychology, Social Psychology, Sociology and Political Science

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In Clinical Psychology

1. T. Cohen
2. Lily Morse
3. Abigail Panter
4. Nazlı Bhatia
5. Yeonjeong Kim

In Social Psychology

1. T. Cohen
2. Lily Morse
3. Abigail Panter
4. Nazlı Bhatia
5. Yeonjeong Kim

In Sociology and Political Science

1. T. Cohen
2. Lily Morse
3. Abigail Panter

Citations in the corpus

• Agreement and Similarity in Self-Other Perceptions of Moral Character (2013, methodology): “The models controlled for gender and age given that prior research has shown that gender and age are correlated with moral character traits and unethical behavior (Cohen et al., 2012, 2013; Kish-Gephart et al., 2010).”