Does your Co-Worker Know What you’re Doing? Convergence of Self- and Peer-Reports of Counter Productive Work Behavior
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-2007
Keywords
counterproductive work behavior (CWB); report convergence; job stress; workplace emotions; self report; peer report
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
http://doi.org/10.1037/1072-5245.14.1.41
Abstract
Most studies of counterproductive work behavior (CWB) are criticized for overreliance on self-report methodology. This study tested the convergence of 136 matched self-reports and coworker-reports of work stressors and CWB. For each participant dyad, the focal employee ("incumbent") completed a self-report survey and gave a coworker form to a peer familiar with the incumbent's work situation and behavior. Correlations and t tests demonstrated significant convergence between incumbent and coworker reports of key study variables, except organization-targeted CWB. Separately, both incumbent and coworker reports supported the Stressor-Emotion CWB model. In mixed-source analyses, only interpersonal relationships were significant--conflict and CWB targeting persons. Weaknesses in each report source are discussed, and multisourced triangulation to cover perceptual, experiential, and behavioral domains is recommended.
Was this content written or created while at USF?
Yes
Citation / Publisher Attribution
International Journal of Stress Management, v. 14, issue 1, p. 41-60
Scholar Commons Citation
Fox, Suzy; Spector, Paul E.; Goh, Angeline; and Bruursema, Kari, "Does your Co-Worker Know What you’re Doing? Convergence of Self- and Peer-Reports of Counter Productive Work Behavior" (2007). Psychology Faculty Publications. 711.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/psy_facpub/711
