DEVIANT WORKPLACE BEHAVIOR IN NIGERIA
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2018-03-01
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Ilorin Journal of Human Resource Management
Abstract
This is a content analysis paper regarding studies on the concept and antecedents of Deviant Workplace Behaviours (DWB) in Nigeria. DWBs are employee voluntary behaviours in the workplace that transgress organisational norms and negatively affect goals and effectiveness of an organisation, its members, or both. Studies about these behaviours remain critical in every organisations across the globe. This paper aims at reviewing the extant literature in the area of DWBs for the purpose of identifying various antecedents of the DWBs in Nigerian organisations. The paper adopted the use of extant literature in form of textbook, journals and publications materials found in different databases (such as Emerald, Proquest, EBSCOhost, Sage, Google Scholar etc) in the Internet. Extant literature reveals that most of the DWBs studies were conducted in the US and other Western countries. Literature also revealed that majority of DWB studies in Nigeria were conducted in southern-region, only few studies found in northern zones. This paper may serve as a stimulus to social and management researchers to engage in studies that can uncover factors that would likely be significant antecedents of DWB in the Nigerian context, as established in the developed economies like US. It is also provided contemporaneous and useful insight to management professionals and practitioners about the concept, dimensions and antecedents of DWB. The paper hereby recommends that findings about Nigerian DWB studies and indeed all studies should be published in journals and other outlets that are university’s internet based since the world now operating in a globalized information technology era.
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Ilorin of Journal of Human Resource Management (IJHRM) is a Publication of the Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria.
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Deviant Workplace Behavior, Demographic, Dispositional, Job Attitude, Job/Organizational Characteristics, Western Nations
Citation
Anyim, F.C., Obisi, C. & Aliyu, M. O. (2018). Deviant workplace behavour in Nigeria: A conceptual and empirical analysis. A Publication of the Department of Industrial Relations and Personnel Management, Faculty of Management Sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin, Nigeria. Ilorin of Journal of Human Resource Management (IJHRM), 2(1), 73-88. http://ejournals.unilorin.edu.ng/journals/index.php/ijhrm/article/view/276/103