Gender and counterproductive work behavior (CWB): a personality-based explanatory model

Amrhein, Rachel Lynn

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Title

Gender and counterproductive work behavior (CWB): a personality-based explanatory model

Author(s)

Amrhein, Rachel Lynn

Issue Date

2018-07-13

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Newman, Daniel A.

Doctoral Committee Chair(s)

Newman, Daniel A.

Committee Member(s)

• Rounds, James
• Liu, Yihao
• Park, YoungAh
• Hulin, Charles L.

Department of Study

Psychology

Discipline

Psychology

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

Ph.D.

Degree Level

Dissertation

Keyword(s)

• counterproductive work behavior
• personality
• sadism
• narcissism
• agency
• communion
• gender
• emotional intelligence
• sex role orientation

Abstract

There is a gender gap in counterproductive work behavior (CWB), such that men report engaging in more counterproductivity at work than do women (Ng, Feldman, & Lam, 2016). The present study proposes an explanatory model for the CWB gender gap, using personality traits (narcissism, sadism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional intelligence) and sex role orientation (agency and communion) to explain the gap. Study 1 uses meta-analytic structural equation modeling to estimate the mediating effects of narcissism, sadism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and emotional intelligence in the gender-CWB relationship. Study 2 extends this model using a primary data sample of working adults, and specifies sex role orientation (agency and communion) as mediating mechanisms through which gender relates to the personality traits. Primary data are also used to test hypothesized gender × sex role (congruence) effects (e.g., gender × agency interaction effects on personality traits) and show that agency is a stronger predictor of sadism for men than for women.

Graduation Semester

2018-08

Type of Resource

text

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Copyright 2018 Rachel Amrhein

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