Identifier	Thesis 2108
Author	Huffman, Sarah J., 1984-
Title	Positive and negative affectivity, work stress, job satisfaction, and counterproductive work behaviors
Publisher	Central Connecticut State University
Date of Publication	2010
Resource Type	Master's Thesis
Abstract	Many Americans engage in counterproductive work behaviors, i.e., actions by the employee which may undermine the legitimate interests of the organization. On a national scale these behaviors lead to millions of dollars in lost productivity. Consequently, understanding and dealing with counterproductive work behaviors is a major concern for almost all organizations. The study examined the influence of several individual characteristics which are believed to contribute to counterproductive behaviors—positive and negative affectivity, job satisfaction and work stress. The study used a convenience sample of 60 workers in southern CT who completed an online survey. Participants completed psychological measures that assess affectivity, job satisfaction, work stress and counterproductive work behaviors. The specific hypotheses of this study were: (1) high positive affect would be associated with less counterproductive work behaviors, while (2) high negative affect would be associated with more counterproductive work behaviors; (3) job satisfaction and work stress would serve as mediators between affect and counterproductive work behaviors. As predicted, the study found that high positive affect was associated with less counterproductive work behaviors and high negative affect predicted more counterproductive work behaviors. The study also found that neither component of work stress acts a mediator for negative affect, but organizational stress acts a partial mediator for positive affect. Job satisfaction acts as a partial mediator between both positive and negative affect and counterproductive work behaviors. The implications of these results are discussed.
Subject	Job stress Job satisfaction
Department	Department of Psychology
Advisor	Goldstein, Marc B.
Type	Text
Digital Format	application/pdf
Language	eng
OCLC number	703155934
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