MGTS1601 Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Job Satisfaction, Ob River
So what is interpersonal deviance at work?
Workplace Deviance defined as
Voluntary behavior of organizational members that violate significant
organizational norms and, in doing so, threatens the well-being of an
organization, its members, or both.
The data shows between 33 and 75 percent of employees have engaged in some
form of deviant behavior. (Brown, 2008)
) have a question for you.
What factor would cause the interpersonal deviance?
) researched three main reasons- working pressure and envy & jealousy and job
satisfaction.
First, working pressure.
Employee deviance may be an emotional response to organizational stress
Employees’ relationship with their organization is considered an exchange
relationship, wherein employees are required to contribute quality performance
to the organization in exchange for benefits e.g., pay, insurance, loyalty
In a highly competitive work environment, anyone can be considered as a
potential opponent.
Under work stress, self-protection human instinct to make unethical behavior.
Enhanced self-interest status may motivate individuals to participate in
unethical behavior.
Self-interest manifests into a full set of ex-ante and ex-post efforts to lie, cheat,
steal, mislead, disguise(dis ie s), obfuscate (ob fuse cate), feign, distort, and
confuse
)n general, stressful situations greatly influence employee behavior because they
often cause the employee to become frustrated, impatient, or irritateda li ta ted
and these types of emotions often lead to a variety of counterproductive
behaviors.
Second, envy & jealousy.
People who feel envy often strive to restore a sense of balance and to elevate
their own perceived standing-----minimize other peoples’ outcomes in an effort
to look good or make others look bad
Third, job satisfaction
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Document Summary
Workplace deviance defined as organizational norms and, in doing so, threatens the well-being of an. The data shows between 33 and 75 percent of employees have engaged in some form of deviant behavior. (brown, 2008) So what is interpersonal deviance at work? (cid:498)voluntary behavior of organizational members that violate significant organization, its members, or both. (cid:499) ) researched three main reasons- working pressure and envy & jealousy and job satisfaction. Employees" relationship with their organization is considered an exchange relationship, wherein employees are required to contribute quality performance to the organization in exchange for benefits (cid:523)e. g. , pay, insurance, loyalty(cid:524) Employee deviance may be an emotional response to organizational stress steal, mislead, disguise(dis ie s), obfuscate (ob fuse cate), feign, distort, and. In a highly competitive work environment, anyone can be considered as a potential opponent. Under work stress, self-protection human instinct to make unethical behavior. Enhanced self-interest status may motivate individuals to participate in unethical behavior.
