Factors Effecting Workplace Crime: Role of Organizational Commitment, Job Satisfaction, Self-efficacy, Ethical Climate and Deviant Behavior

Dr Vimala Venugopal Muthuswamy

Associate professor, School of Business, Department of Management, King Faisal University. Saudi Arabia

Varshika G

Business and Economics(Masters), Melbourne Business School, University of Melbourne, Australia.

Abstract:

This study contributes to the literature on workplace crime by examining the effects of individual factors, including job satisfaction, affective organizational commitment, and personality, on workplace crime. Furthermore, we investigate the effects of perceived consequences of criminal behavior and the ethical climate of organizations on employees' attitudes toward workplace crime. This is a survey-based cross-sectional study. An online survey was conducted. We used convenience sampling. In total, 270 Saudi Organization employees participated in this study. A Structural Equation Modeling approach was used to analyze the data through PLS. There is a correlation between job satisfaction and self-efficacy and decreased attitudes toward workplace crime. The perception of the consequences of deviant behavior mediates the relationship between job satisfaction and workplace crime. However, an ethical climate is crucial for determining employee attitudes toward workplace crime. However, affective organizational commitment does not affect employees' attitudes toward workplace crime.Individual factors, such as job satisfaction and personality, and organizational factors, such as the ethical climate, are significant in determining employees' attitudes toward workplace crime. Organizations can reduce workplace crime by increasing job satisfaction, such as providing opportunities for advancement and fostering an ethical climate in the workplace.

Keyword:

Workplace Crime, Deviant Behviour, Ethical Climate, Organizational Commitment