Abstract

Counterproductive work behavior (CWB) represents a significant threat to organizations and organizational stakeholders, such that understanding the processes driving employee engagement in deviant workplace behaviors is for essential for ensuring well-being at work. Although past evidence suggests that a variety of work stressors predict CWB, the application of this research has been constrained by a lack of longitudinal studies that investigate the relationship between job stressors and CWB over time and a failure to examine the mechanisms driving dynamic CWB processes. I sought to address these limitations by investigating the dynamic relationships between job stressors, negative affect, and CWB, via the stressor-emotion model of CWB, with the goal of enhancing our understanding of "why" and "when" employees are motivated to engage in CWB in response to changing work experiences. Utilizing Bayes slope estimates and a random coefficient modeling (RCM) approach, this study explored how the strength and direction of changing job stressors and negative affect impacts both CWB frequency and trajectory (i.e., static and dynamic CWB). The moderating effects of temporal focus (past, present, and future), job preservation motivation, and self-control were also investigated. The results suggest that job stressor trajectories predict CWB trajectory and static CWB, but only when specific timeframes are utilized to estimate these relationships. Additionally, evidence suggests that both negative affect trajectory and self-control are crucial for understanding: (1) change in CWBs overtime and (2) the dynamic relationships between job stressors and CWBs. Implications regarding the importance of establishing appropriate timeframes for studying dynamic relationships and the distinctiveness of specific job stressor effects are discussed.

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Graduation Date

2022

Semester

Fall

Advisor

Shoss, Mindy

Degree

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

College

College of Sciences

Department

Psychology

Degree Program

Psychology; Industrial and Organizational Track

Format

application/pdf

Identifier

CFE0009337; DP0027060

URL

https://purls.library.ucf.edu/go/DP0027060

Language

English

Release Date

December 2025

Length of Campus-only Access

3 years

Access Status

Doctoral Dissertation (Campus-only Access)

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