A Systematic Review of Negative Work Behavior: Toward an Integrated Definition

Frontiers in Psychology

Cokkie M. Verschuren²  Maria Tims²  Annet H. de Lange⁴ 

[1] Department of Human Resource Management, HAN University of Applied Sciences, Nijmegen, Netherlands;Department of Management and Organization, School of Business and Economics, VU Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands;Department of Psychology, Universidade da Coruna, A Coruña, Spain;Faculty of Psychology, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway;Faculty of Psychology, Open University Heerlen, Heerlen, Netherlands;Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Stavanger, Stavanger, Norway;

关键词: systematic review;    negative work behavior;    harm;    actor types;    actor roles;    agreed definition;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2021.726973

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this systematic review was to identify the overlapping and unique aspects of the operationalizations of negative work behaviors (NWBs) to specify a new integrative definition of NWB. More specifically, we examined (1) how many operationalizations and conceptualizations of NWB can be identified, (2) whether these operationalizations can be categorized into facets, i. e., the nature of NWB, harm, actor types, and roles, with subcategories, (3) what the meaningful overlap in these operationalizations was, (4) whether the operationalizations tapped unique and meaningful elements, i.e., positive labels and dynamic processes, and (5) how the overlapping and unique elements of the operationalizations could be integrated into a new theory-based research model for NWB for future research. In the literature search based on the Prisma framework, Pubmed, PsycINFO, and Google Scholar, we identified k = 489 studies that met the inclusion criteria of our review. The results of these studies revealed 16 frequently studied NWB labels, e.g., bullying and aggression. Many of these could be categorized in the same way, namely, in terms of the type of behavior, type of harm, and type of actor involved in the NWB. In our new definition of NWB, we integrated the content of the overlapping and meaningful unique elements of the 16 labels.

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