1st Edition

Counterproductive Work Behaviors Understanding the Dark Side of Personalities in Organizational Life

By Aaron Cohen Copyright 2018
262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

262 Pages
by Routledge

There has been a growing interest among scholars in the fields of organizational behaviour and industrial psychology in what can be termed "the dark side of the organizations." A main concept in this regard this is both important and relevant counterproductive work behaviours (CWBs), which can be defined as deliberate actions that harm the organization or its members. These behaviours... Read more

1. Introduction: The Dark Side of the Workplace





2. The Dark Triad Personalities: Main Characteristics





3. The Origins of the Dark Triad





4. The Corporate Psychopath





5. Dark Triad Personalities and Counterproductive Work Behavior





6. The Predators' Environment: Work-setting and Personal Factors





7. Can They be Spotted? Tools for Detecting Dark Triad Personalities





8. Dark Triad Personalities and Leadership





9. The Victims of the Dark Triad





10. Cultural Aspects of the Dark Triad





11. Conceptual and Practical Implications

Biography

Professor Aaron Cohen is currently at the Department of Political Science, University of Haifa, Israel. He received his D.Sc. in Management at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology. His current research interests include commitment in the workplace, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), organizational fairness, and misbehavior in organizations. His work has been published in the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Vocational Behavior, Journal of Management, Journal of Organizational Behavior, Human Relations, Cross-cultural Psychology, and Applied Psychology: An International Review, and Human Resource Management Review. He authored two books: Multiple commitments in the workplace: an integrative approach published by Lawrence Erlbaum Associates in 2003 and Fairness in the workplace: A global perspective, published by Palgrave McMillan in 2015.