Psychological Characteristics as Determinant of Counterproductive Work Behavior

Abstract

This research has explored the relationship between counterproductive work behavior and psychological characteristics of self-efficacy and self-impression. Workers working in the manufacturing industries at Gurgaon and Maneser, Haryana were specified as population for the study. A sample of 240 workers was taken for the study from the stipulated population and tested for the tendency of counterproductive work behavior and psychological dimensions of self-efficacy and self-impression. Tested subjects were classified on the basis of High and low degree of self-efficacy and self-impression. Formulated groups of subjects having high and low self-efficacy and self-impression were compared for their tendency of counterproductive work behavior. Comparison reveals that the subjects of the group having high self-efficacy were negatively but significantly related with their tendency of counterproductive work behavior, whereas, the subjects of group with low self-efficacy were positively and significantly related with their tendency of counterproductive work behavior. Further comparison discovers that the group of subjects with high self-impression was negatively and significantly related with their tendency of counterproductive work behavior and the group of subjects having low self-impression was positively and significantly related with their tendency of counterproductive work behavior.

Keywords: Self-Efficacy and Self-Impression on Counterproductive Work Behavior