TY - JOUR
T1 - Explaining Workplace Delinquency: The role of Honesty-Humility, ethical culture, and employee surveillance.
AU - de Vries, R.E.
AU - van Gelder, J.L.
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - In this research the effects of personality and organizational characteristics on workplace delinquency were investigated. In a sample of 455 respondents from a wide variety of organizations, two personality traits, HEXACO Honesty-Humility and Conscientiousness, and two organizational characteristics, ethical culture and employee surveillance, explained a significant amount of variance in workplace delinquency. No interaction effects between personality and organizational practices in the explanation of workplace delinquency were found. Results are discussed in light of the role of personality and Routine Activity Theory in predicting unethical behaviors, delinquency, and/or occupational crime in organizations.
AB - In this research the effects of personality and organizational characteristics on workplace delinquency were investigated. In a sample of 455 respondents from a wide variety of organizations, two personality traits, HEXACO Honesty-Humility and Conscientiousness, and two organizational characteristics, ethical culture and employee surveillance, explained a significant amount of variance in workplace delinquency. No interaction effects between personality and organizational practices in the explanation of workplace delinquency were found. Results are discussed in light of the role of personality and Routine Activity Theory in predicting unethical behaviors, delinquency, and/or occupational crime in organizations.
U2 - 10.1016/j.paid.2015.06.008
DO - 10.1016/j.paid.2015.06.008
M3 - Article
SN - 0191-8869
VL - 86
SP - 112
EP - 116
JO - Personality and Individual Differences
JF - Personality and Individual Differences
ER -
