Self-reports of counterproductive work behavior: advantages, disadvantages, and best practices

Kevin S. Cruz

Chapter 21 in Handbook of Counterproductive Work Behavior, 2025, pp 372-389 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: Self-reports are often used to assess the frequency or degree to which entities engage in broad and specific forms of counterproductive work behavior. Self-reports are advantageous because they are often more accurate than using alternative sources to measure counterproductive work behavior, are correctly aligned with frequently used theoretical perspectives (i.e., a self-perspective), offer a large degree of flexibility in assessing counterproductive work behavior across levels of analysis, and are practical. However, self-reports may be prone to biases, may not be correctly aligned with a theoretical self-perspective (e.g., supervisors’ perspectives of subordinates’ counterproductive work behavior), and they may not capture the dynamic nature of counterproductive work behavior across time. Despite these disadvantages, self-reports are often superior to the use of alternative sources to measure counterproductive work behavior if self-reports follow several best practices.

Keywords: Counterproductive work behavior; Workplace deviance; Self-report; Data source; Survey; Research methodology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035306664
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