Workplace crimes are never far from the news. From major scandals like Enron to violent crimes committed by co-workers to petty theft of office supplies, deviant and criminal behavior is common in the workplace. Psychological factors are almost always involved when an employee engages in such behavior.
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Deviant and Criminal Behavior in the Workplace offers insights at the level of the individual employee and also sheds light on the role organizations themselves may play in fostering such criminal behavior. The volume considers psychological factors involved in theft and fraud, workplace violence, employee discrimination, and sexual harassment. It also analyses a number of variables which can influence such behavior including employee personality, employee emotional processes, experience of occupational stress, organizational culture, organizational injustice, and human resource management practices. The book will be of core interest to those interested in the psychology and sociology of work, organizational behavior, and human resource management.
โฆ Table of Contents
Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 8
Preface......Page 10
PART I: INTRODUCTION......Page 14
1 Conceptual Foundations: Insights from Criminology and the Sociology of Work......Page 16
PART II: EMPLOYEE CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVIANT WORKPLACE BEHAVIOR......Page 30
2 Emotions and Deviance......Page 32
3 Born to Be Deviant? An Examination of the Relationship between Workplace Deviance and Employee Personality......Page 63
4 The Role of Occupational Stress in Workplace Deviance......Page 90
PART III: ORGANIZATIONAL INFLUENCES ON DEVIANT WORKPLACE BEHAVIOR......Page 112
5 Accounting in Organizational Environments: Contextualizing Rules and Fraud......Page 114
6 Human Resource Management and Deviant/Criminal Behavior in Organizations......Page 141
PART IV: THE ROLE OF (IN)JUSTICE AND SOCIAL POWER IN DEVIANT WORKPLACE BEHAVIOR......Page 166
7 Hazards of Justice: Egocentric Bias, Moral Judgments, and Revenge-Seeking......Page 168
8 The Role of Social Power in Sexual Harassment and Job Discrimination......Page 191
PART V: VIOLENCE IN THE WORKPLACE......Page 208
9 When Employees Turn Violent: The Potential Role of Workplace Culture in Triggering Deviant Behavior......Page 210
10 Workplace Violence: Prevention and Aftermath......Page 234
About the Contributors......Page 260
C......Page 268
F......Page 269
O......Page 270
T......Page 271
Z......Page 272
