Abstract

CHERNYAK-HAI, Lily; KIM, Se-Kang  and  TZINER, Aharon. Gender Profiles of Workplace Individual and Organizational Deviance. Rev. psicol. trab. organ. [online]. 2018, vol.34, n.1, pp.46-55. ISSN 2174-0534.  https://dx.doi.org/10.5093/jwop2018a6.

Employees’ workplace deviant behaviors have a harmful potential for organizations in many respects. Past research has indicated that individual variables may account for personal differences in work deviance. One of the prevalent findings is that men display direct aggression more frequently than women. Yet, most of the past studies have reported results providing information on the magnitude of a general behavioral tendency of each gender, leading to rough distinctions. Unlike the previous studies, we focused on examining profiles of the role of gender in interpersonal and organizational deviance, utilizing Profile Analysis via Multidimensional Scaling that allowed us to compare specific deviance behavior indicators between males and females included in the profiles. The current exploratory study reveals that gender differences in aggressive workplace behavior are not only those apparent in inter-personal relations but also when directed towards the organization. Moreover, the reported results point to specific behavioral profiles of men and women that could not be revealed using the mean difference analyses.

Keywords : Workplace interpersonal and organizational deviance; Gender; Profile; Analysis via Multidimensional Scaling (PAMS).

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