Weeding out Deviant Workplace Behaviour in Downsized Organizations: The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Job Embeddedness

Yusof, Mastura Mohd; Ho, Jo Ann; Ng, Serene Siew Imm; Zawawi, Dahlia

doi:10.14707/ajbr.190070

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“…This finding is in line with studies by Darrat et al (2017); Siddique et al (2020) and Singh (2019a), which considered job embeddedness as a predictor, as well as with other studies by Jones (2015); Lawrence and Kacmar (2017); Marasi et al (2016) and Singh (2019b), which considered it as a moderator variable. By contrast, this finding is not consistent with those of Avey et al (2015); Collins and Mossholder (2017); Greene (2012); Holtom et al (2012) and Yusof et al (2019), who directly and indirectly confirmed the decreasing effect of job embeddedness on deviant behaviors. In particular, the result can be compared with the one reported by Darrat et al (2017), who supported the increasing effect of job embeddedness on organizational deviance.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…First, it considers job embeddedness as a potential context for cyberloafing. Second, considering how job satisfaction and internet addiction communicate with job embeddedness in a three-way interaction, this study further extends the previous empirical research (Avey et al, 2015;Collins and Mossholder, 2017;Darrat et al, 2017;Greene, 2012;Jones, 2015;Marasi et al, 2016;Siddique et al, 2020;Singh, 2019aSingh, , 2019bYusof et al, 2019), which investigated the job embeddedness-deviant behaviors relationship in the form of a two-way interaction model. Third, bringing together the organizational adversity/ prosperity, level of embeddedness and typical positive and negative intervening factors, this study practically provides the human resource managers with critical insights about decreasing cyberloafing among employees.…”

Section: Cyberloafing In Public Sectorsupporting

confidence: 67%

“…That is, highly embedded employees are less likely to violate organizational norms because of their obligation to the organization or to avoid the risk of undergoing retaliation by the organization (e.g. Avey et al, 2015;Collins and Mossholder, 2017;Greene, 2012;Holtom et al, 2012;Kiazad et al, 2015;Yusof et al, 2019). However, conflicting studies (e.g.…”

Section: Hypotheses Developmentmentioning

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“…Allen et al, 2016). In the literature on job embeddedness, adversity may arise by prevalent factors such as abusive supervision (Allen et al, 2016;Avey et al, 2015;Tariq and Ding, 2018), work-related stress (Allen et al, 2016;Burton, 2015;Yusof et al, 2019) and job insecurity (Allen et al, 2016;Ghosh, 2017;Lawrence and Kacmar, 2017). Among the effective factors, job insecurity seems to become more prominent than the others (Lawrence and Kacmar, 2017).…”

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“…In this regard, deviant work behavior is not a new phenomenon and has been extensively examined by human resource scholars throughout the past few decades (e.g. Kelloway et al, 2010;Robinson and Bennett, 1995;Yusof et al, 2019). Workplace deviance refers to employees' voluntary behaviors that violate organizational norms and harass or threaten the organization and its members (Robinson and Bennett, 1995).…”

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Cyberloafing in public sector of developing countries: job embeddedness as a context

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PurposeThis study aims to investigate the possible negativity of job embeddedness in developing countries. Operationally, the study aimed to configure the relationship between job embeddedness and cyberloafing with respect to both contextual (job satisfaction) and individual (internet addiction) factors.Design/methodology/approachIncorporating the conservation of resources theory and reactance theory into the theory of job embeddedness, the present study adopted a resource-based approach to job embeddedness to examine its main and moderated effects on cyberloafing in a three-way interaction model. With the focus on public organizations, 500 administrative employees from an Iranian university were surveyed using self-reporting measures, and the collected data were analyzed using partial least squares–structural equation modeling and hierarchical moderated multiple regression.FindingsAs predicted, job embeddedness was positively associated with cyberloafing; however, in contrast with predictions, job satisfaction had no inverse impact on the job embeddedness–cyberloafing relationship, and its role was limited to neutralizing the increasing effect of internet addiction.Practical implicationsConsideration should be given to how job embeddedness interacts with contextual and individual moderators to affect cyberloafing. In particular, this study implicated some practical procedures to provide employees with on- and off-the-job resources and avoid fighting over the organization's resources. Additionally, this study provides insights into embeddedness-satisfaction interplay to provide employees with propitious work conditions in line with organizational productivity.Originality/valueThere is little research on the association between job embeddedness and counterproductive work behaviors, and the findings are inconsistent. A review of the literature revealed no study addressing cyberloafing implications of job embeddedness. This study expands the literature by theoretically and empirically correlating job embeddedness and cyberloafing in a non-western developing country. Accordingly, the significance of this study is its capability in mitigating cyberloafing behaviors by promoting the adverse job embeddedness.

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Linking organizational citizenship behavior and organizational trust towards reducing workplace deviance behavior in higher education

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On the link between job insecurity and CWB: moderated mediation by employment status and turnover intention

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Purpose Despite mounting evidence that job insecurity triggers counterproductive work behavior (CWB), the underlying mechanism within the association in hybrid employment remains unknown. This study aims to investigate turnover intention as a mediator in the association between job insecurity and CWB, as well as the differences between permanent and contract workers concerning the effect of job insecurity on employees’ CWB. Design/methodology/approach Dyadic data were collected from 213 workers (103 contract and 110 permanent workers) and their supervisors, who were employed in one of the three branches of a Chinese state-owned enterprise, respectively, located in Hunan, Shenyang and Xinjiang. Findings This study found that job insecurity was positively related to CWB, in which turnover intention acted as a partial mediator. Employment status acted as a moderator between job insecurity and CWB. Originality/value First, this study extends the theoretical knowledge concerning how job insecurity activates CWB by identifying turnover intention as a mediating mechanism. To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this is the first study to explore the mediating role of turnover intention in terms of job insecurity and CWB. Second, this research expands the understanding of the relation between job insecurity and CWB by investigating this link in the case of contract workers versus permanent workers. Finally, this paper aims to provide an understanding of why contract workers and permanent workers may differ in their reactions to job insecurity.

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Weeding out Deviant Workplace Behaviour in Downsized Organizations: The Role of Emotional Intelligence and Job Embeddedness

Cited by 6 publications

References 80 publications

Cyberloafing in public sector of developing countries: job embeddedness as a context

Cyberloafing in public sector of developing countries: job embeddedness as a context

Linking organizational citizenship behavior and organizational trust towards reducing workplace deviance behavior in higher education

On the link between job insecurity and CWB: moderated mediation by employment status and turnover intention

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