Research findings underline the negative effects of exposure to bullying behaviors and document the detrimental health effects of being a victim of workplace bullying. While no one disputes its negative consequences, debate continues about the magnitude of this phenomenon since very different prevalence rates of workplace bullying have been reported. Methodological aspects may explain these fin...

Objectives: Behavioral-based safety is a term used to describe the prevention of accidents, injuries and loss in the workplace. An effective behavior-based safety program relies on engaging employees to understand how unsafe behaviors lead to injuries and how to eliminate them from the workplace. This paper examines behavior-based safety program in a massive construction site. Methods: For t...

We examine the impact of employees’ perceptions management control systems (MCS) as a threat on two forms misconduct: deliberate ignorance and workplace deviance. Drawing theory cognitive dissonance, we predict that perceived is associated with decrease in deviance but may also trigger unintended consequences, such ignorance. Hypotheses are tested using survey data from three large hospitals. T...

This study analyzed the mediating effect of turnover intention (TI) on relationship between psychological contract violation (PCV) and workplace deviance (WPD), effects PCV TI, TI WPD. Explanatory research design was used employing stratified random sampling techniques to collect data from 443 employees Agriculture Food Authority Directorates in Kenya. Self-administered structured questionnaire...

This research considers two theoretical perspectives on employees’ motivation associated with diminished self-esteem from abusive supervision. The self-defense view of diminished selfesteem suggests that abusive supervision motivates destructive behavior in an attempt to reassert personal control and protect victims’ self-image. The self-presentational view of diminished self-esteem suggests ab...