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Title Leader's greed, envy and counter productive work behavior: conditional process analysis of psychological capital and moral disengagement

Author(s) Maira Babar

Abstract The purpose of the study was to examine the impact leadership's greed, envy on counter productive work behavior in the context of Pakistan, particularly in the banking sector of the twin cities. The study also tested the mediating role of moral disengagement in the given relationship between leader's greed, envy and counter productive work behavior. Moreover, the moderating role of psychological capital between the relationship of leader's greed, envy and moral disengagement was also explored. Data were collected from 261 employees working in different banks across Islamabad and Rawalpindi, through convenience sampling technique. Leader's greed, envy was found to have a positive and significant relationship with counter productive work behavior. As shown by the results, moral disengagement was also found to have a significant mediating effect on the relationship between leader's greed and counter productive work behavior. Conclusively, the current study fosters the understanding of the role of social cognitive theory, the results of this study detail how social cognitive theory works when individuals are mistreated at work by their bosses, they are more prone to engage in counterproductive work behaviors. Employees' deviant actions are likely to show as incivility toward other people or the organization as a whole. More a supervisor treats his subordinate unfairly, the more dissatisfaction and anxiety build, which may leads to counter productive work behavior. The findings of this study, on the other hand, contribute to the management literature since they look at the role of moral disengagement in presenting a link between greed, envy, and counterproductive work behavior. It provides a clear and in-depth explanation and knowledge of how greed and envy in the workplace leads to counterproductive job behavior. The results of study were significant as leader's greed, envy has a direct impact on counterproductive work behavior; psychological capital moderates the relationship of leader's greed, envy and moral disengagement; moral disengagement mediates the relationship of leader's greed, envy and counterproductive work behaviors.

Type Thesis/Dissertation MS

Faculty Management Sciences

Department Management Sciences

Language English

Publication Date 2023-03-08

Subject Human Resource Management

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