Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022)

The Mechanism and Causes of Counterproductive Work Behavior: Organizational Constraints, Interpersonal Conflict, and Organizational Injustice

Authors
Jun Shao1, *, , Ruolin Zhang2, , Shengjia Zhang3,
1Open College of Human Resource Management, South China University of Technology, Canton, Guangdong, China
2Division of Natural and Applied Sciences, Duke Kunshan University, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
3Institute of Psychology, University of Paris, Paris, France

Those authors contributed equally.

*Corresponding author. Email: rz117@duke.edu
Corresponding Author
Jun Shao
Available Online 11 July 2022.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220704.149How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Counterproductive work behavior; Stressor; Organizational constraints; Interpersonal conflict; Organizational injustice
Abstract

This study provides an extensive review and discussion of counterproductive work behavior, which facilitates a more comprehensive understanding of the causes of counterproductive work behavior, and the functioning of its mechanisms, lays the foundation for future research, as well as provide new ideas and perspectives. This study reviews the definition of counterproductive work behavior, its mechanism of action, and its effects, and analyzes the possibility of different types of stressors leading to counterproductive work behavior in the context of modern society. This study lists three main types of stressors: organizational constraints, interpersonal conflict, and organizational injustice, discusses their definitions and analyzes their causes through different perspectives, in the psychological perspective, reference is made to Lazarus and Folkman’s Psychological Stress and Coping Theory. In addition, this study also mentions some related mechanisms and interventions that may regulate stressors, namely growth mindset, self-efficacy, mindfulness, and yoga, which have also been proposed, but more discussion and research are needed in this area.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2022 3rd International Conference on Mental Health, Education and Human Development (MHEHD 2022)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
11 July 2022
ISBN
978-94-6239-589-3
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.220704.149How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC 4.0 license.

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