Cross-cultural perspectives on counterproductive work behavior

Iain J. Coyne and Marise Ph. Born

Chapter 18 in Handbook of Counterproductive Work Behavior, 2025, pp 317-335 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Critics of CWB research have pointed to a concentration of North American samples and a comparatively limited focus on how culture may impact perceptions and experiences of CWB. This chapter discusses CWB from a cross-cultural perspective, using conceptual, linguistic, metric, and functional equivalence across cultures, to help frame the discussion. To date, studies have predominantly adopted an atheoretical, single-country, etic, and comparative approach to culture and CWB, which tends to support the equivalence of CWB conceptualizations and correlations seen in North American studies. However, scarce but more rigorous research suggests culture changes our current understanding of the relationship between correlates and CWB. Overall, studies continue to be limited in the extent they derive culture-specific hypotheses, use cross-cultural designs, hypothesize cultural moderation effects and consider an emic approach.

Keywords: CWB; Country differences; Cultural values; Etic and Emic; Equivalence (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035306664
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