Explaining workplace delinquency: The role of Honesty–Humility, ethical culture, and employee surveillance

Reinout E. de Vries, Jean-Louis van Gelder

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Abstract

In this research the effects of personality and organizational characteristics on workplace delinquency were investigated. In a sample of 455 respondents from a wide variety of organizations, two personality traits, HEXACO Honesty–Humility and Conscientiousness, and two organizational characteristics, ethical culture and employee surveillance, explained a significant amount of variance in workplace delinquency. No interaction effects between personality and organizational practices in the explanation of workplace delinquency were found. Results are discussed in light of the role of personality and Routine Activity Theory in predicting unethical behaviors, delinquency, and/or occupational crime in organizations
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)112-116
JournalPersonality and individual differences
Volume86
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2015

Keywords

  • METIS-310749
  • IR-96121
  • n/a OA procedure

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