Antecedents of Workplace Deviance: Role of Job Insecurity, Work Stress, and Ethical Work Climate

Shuaib Ahmed Soomro (1) , Yasir Mansoor Kundi (2, 3) , Muhammad Kamran (4)

1 Sukkur IBA University
2 Aix-Marseille Graduate School of Management
3 CERGAM - Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Gestion d'Aix-Marseille
4 Alcide De Gasperi University of Euroregional Economy Jozefow

This study examines why and how job insecurity affects employees’ deviant behaviour at work. To develop our hypotheses, we build on the conservation of resources theory. Our hypotheses suggested that job insecurity would be positively related to work stress and workplace deviance. Moreover, an ethical work climate was hypothesised to moderate the relationship between work stress and workplace deviance. Using data from 174 employees working in Multi-National Corporations (MNCs) located in Pakistan, the findings indicated that job insecurity has consequences for work stress and two facets of workplace deviance. Further, we found that an ethical work climate prevents employees from both interpersonal and organisational deviant behaviour.

Mots clés: Work stress; Job insecurity

Domaines: Gestion et management; Méthodes et statistiques

Shuaib Ahmed Soomro, Yasir Mansoor Kundi, Muhammad Kamran. Antecedents of Workplace Deviance: Role of Job Insecurity, Work Stress, and Ethical Work Climate. Problemy Zarządzania - Management Issues, 2020, 6/2019 (86), pp.74-90. ⟨10.7172/1644-9584.86.4⟩. ⟨hal-02546547⟩