Handbook of Organization Measurement
Counterproductive Work Behaviours
construct.counterproductive_work_behaviours
§1How it’s measured
This is a behavioral construct — an event recorded in HR systems, not a self-report. It is measured as an operational metric with a formula, not a questionnaire; a Likert scale here would be a category error.
Inventory loss attributable to employee theft/error (CWB proxy).
shrinkage value / sales · rate§3The math on what we know
Synthesized priors from the live registry: pooled r, studies (k), total N, top study grade, and heterogeneity. Rows flagged for heterogeneity or single-study evidence are directional, not settled — read them as a central tendency.
What drives counterproductive work behaviours
| Predictor | r | k | N | Grade | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Integrity | −0.41 | 2 | 67,066 | A | — |
| Ethical Leadership | −0.40 | 2 | 12,696 | A | I²≈0.94 |
| Conscientiousness | −0.36 | 3 | 17,652 | A | — |
| Agreeableness | −0.29 | 3 | 14,534 | A | I²≈0.96 |
| Organizational Justice | −0.27 | 2 | 7,769 | A | coherent |
| Moral Disengagement | +0.45 | 1 | 50 | A | single study |
| Abusive Supervision | +0.41 | 1 | 1,715 | A | single study |
| Job Satisfaction | −0.36 | 1 | 693 | B | single study |
| Trust In Organization | −0.33 | 1 | 2,088 | A | single study |
| Organizational Citizenship Behavior OCB | −0.32 | 1 | 50 | A | single study |