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Employee's Growth Need Strength and Counterproductive Work Behaviors: The Role of Perceived Job Insecurity

  • HARRIS, Deonna (Department of Integrated Business Management, Dong-A University) ;
  • CHA, Yunsuk (Department of Business Administration, Dong-A University)
  • Received : 2022.03.07
  • Accepted : 2022.04.27
  • Published : 2022.04.30
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Abstract

Purpose: This study explores the effect of employee's growth needs strength on counterproductive work behaviors. Perceived job insecurity was also examined as a moderating variable on the relationship between the two variables. Research Design, data and methodology: This study collected 108 data samples from working individuals from South Korea. The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and the hierarchical regression analysis were used to analyze the data. Hierarchical regression analysis was performed using SPSS 24.0. Results: Our research results indicated that employee's growth needs strength has a negative effect on counterproductive work behaviors. Perceived job insecurity moderates the relationship between the two variables. Conclusions: Organizations should focus on creating growth opportunities for employees, since facilitating employee's growth need strength will counteract the desire to engage in behaviors that can be detrimental to the organization. and its members.

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This paper was supported by Dong-A University Research Fund.

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