2019
DOI: 10.5539/ibr.v12n4p40
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Employee Theft among College Students in the Workforce

Abstract: Employee theft costs organizations billions of dollars annually. Despite the severity of employee theft, previous research has not focused on the specific demographics of employees who commit this crime. The number of college students in the workforce has increased over the years; thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the serious problem of employee theft, particularly in relation to the college student population. A survey was used to collect data from college students to indicate employee theft … Show more

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“…In addition, some organizations have weak control systems, such as a non-functioning board of directors, a lack of fraud detection and prevention measures, no sanctions for fraud perpetrators to deter others and a lack of an audit trail, all of which present opportunities for their employees to commit fraud (Kassem and Higson, 2012). Such opportunities may or may not exist; however, if an individual believes such opportunities exist, he or she may take advantage of them to engage in fraudulent activities (Ruankaew, 2016).…”
Section: Fraud Triangle Theorymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In addition, some organizations have weak control systems, such as a non-functioning board of directors, a lack of fraud detection and prevention measures, no sanctions for fraud perpetrators to deter others and a lack of an audit trail, all of which present opportunities for their employees to commit fraud (Kassem and Higson, 2012). Such opportunities may or may not exist; however, if an individual believes such opportunities exist, he or she may take advantage of them to engage in fraudulent activities (Ruankaew, 2016).…”
Section: Fraud Triangle Theorymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Rationalization is defined as an individual’s attitude that leads him or her to justify immoral acts as not criminal (Mansor and Abdullahi, 2015). Fraudsters frequently do not consider themselves criminals; they understand their illegal behaviour and believe they are still trustworthy (Ruankaew, 2016). According to Jackson et al (2010), a person who is unable to justify his or her wrongdoings is unlikely to engage in unethical behaviour such as fraud.…”
Section: Fraud Triangle Theorymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…The main index can be subdivided into secondary indexes: gender, age, education, risk-taking ability, achievement needs, and local culture. Then, all factors comprehensively contribute to students’ Entrepreneurial Psychology ( Howard et al, 2019 ; Ruankaew, 2019 ). In particular, this work considers individual, family, and social factors to explore the influence of different factors on College Students’ Entrepreneurial Psychology.…”
Section: Psychoanalysis Of College Students’ Entrepreneurship and Pre...mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In general, employee time theft refers to work time spent on nonwork related activities (Lorinkova and Perry, 2017). Recent findings (Ruankaew, 2019), show that 92.1% of employees admitted to exhibit time theft behavior. Employee time theft is very common passive-aggressive employee DWB (specifically for employees who are irritated, disappointed and perceive that they are not appreciated by their organization) because it cannot be easily observable and evidenced.…”
Section: Punitive Supervision and Employee Time Theftmentioning
confidence: 99%