Date of Award

1-1-2015

Language

English

Document Type

Master's Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Arts (MA)

College/School/Department

Department of Psychology

Program

Industrial/Organizational Psychology

Content Description

1 online resource (ii, 45 pages) : illustrations.

Dissertation/Thesis Chair

Sylvia G Roch

Committee Members

Jason Randall

Keywords

causal attributions, counterproductive work behavior, interpersonal justice, narcissism, self-esteem, Problem employees, Personality and occupation, Employees, Work environment, Organizational justice, Employee motivation, Narcissism, Self-esteem

Subject Categories

Psychology

Abstract

This study used the causal reasoning perspective of counterproductive work behaviors (CWB) developed by Martinko, Gundlach and Douglas (2002) to evaluate the role of narcissism and low self-esteem in relation to interpersonal injustice. Narcissism and low self-esteem were proposed to relate to distinct attributional and emotional reactions following interpersonal injustice, stemming from different approach-avoidance motivational tendencies. These different tendencies, in turn, were proposed to relate to certain forms of CWB, as categorized within an approach-avoidance framework. Path analyses revealed that neither narcissism nor low self-esteem significantly related to CWB and that CWB could not be reliably categorized within an approach-avoidance framework. Potential explanations for these results, as well as their implications, are discussed.

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