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

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.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Psychology

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2018

Author dc:creator

• Amrhein, Rachel Lynn

Contributors dc:contributor

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

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

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 2018 Rachel Amrhein

Language dc:language

en

Handle dc:identifier

http://hdl.handle.net/2142/101711

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/101711