Deviant workforce behavior

Robinson and Bennett (1995), we define deviance as employee "voluntary

Behavior that violates significant organizational norms and in so doing threatens the well-
being of an organization, its members. Bennett and Robinson suggested categorizing
deviant behaviors into two primary families based on the target of the behavior:
organizational deviance and interpersonal deviance. Organizational deviance refers to
deviant behaviors directed toward the organization, examples of which include tardiness,
wasting organizational resources, and stealing from the organization; interpersonal
deviance refers to deviant behaviors that are directed toward other employees in the
organization and examples include gossiping, verbal abuse and stealing from coworkers"
organizational deviance. The mediated effects of demographic
dissimilarity on organizational deviance.
Whereas dissimilarity may predict organizational deviance directly, we
also propose that this relationship is partially mediated by perceived
organizational support (POS)
and organizational commitment. POS refers to the extent to which
employees perceive that the organization cares about their values,
opinions, and needs and that they will receive help when needed.