Predicting counterproductive work behavior: Do implicit motives have incremental validity beyond explicit traits?

• Main Authors: RUNGE, J. Malte, LANG, Jonas W. B., ZETTLER, Ingo, LIEVENS, Filip
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2020
• Subjects: Counterproductive work behavior; Implicit motives; Personality traits; Industrial and Organizational Psychology; Organizational Behavior and Theory
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/lkcsb_research/6617; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/lkcsb_research/article/7616/viewcontent/Predicting_CPW_sv.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

This study extends research on the link between personality and Counterproductive Work Behavior (CWB) by investigating whether the implicit Affiliation, Achievement, and Power motives contribute to the prediction of CWB beyond basic personality traits. Employees high in Affiliation, Achievement, and...