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Dysfunctional Workplace Behavior

Dysfunctional workplace behavior

Introduction

In the decade or so since researchers ‘discovered’ that employees sometimes behave in ways that cause harm to others and to their organizations, the field has witnessed an explosion in the number of studies and book chapters on the topic of dysfunctional behavior at work. Yet it is really more accurate to say that the field merely ‘rediscovered’ what classical organizational theorists (e.g., Cyert and March, 1964; Katz and Kahn, 1978), have said all along; namely, that from time to time employees are prone to act in ways that undermine efficiency, or conflict with the desires of the organization's dominant coalition (Cyert and March, 1964). This is the reasoning behind control systems, rules, and other methods for directing and monitoring ...

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