Quantitative analysis of counterproductive work behavior data: a critical evaluation of where we are, and where we should go in the future

Joel Koopman, Hyewon Ji and Nikolaos Dimotakis

Chapter 26 in Handbook of Counterproductive Work Behavior, 2025, pp 467-484 from Edward Elgar Publishing

Abstract: For this chapter, we were initially asked to assess the analytic approaches typically used in the counterproductive work behavior (CWB—construed broadly) literature. However, an inspection of the management and applied psychology literature revealed rigorous and trustworthy analyses. Yet our review also revealed many implicit or otherwise taken-for-granted assumptions that characterize CWB research. While not undermining or casting doubt on that work, these assumptions are also not always explicitly recognized or assessed—a state of affairs that may have implications for how results are interpreted and how scholars should proceed going forward. We discuss many of these aspects of CWB research (base rates, transformations, temporal frames, scale adaptions, observer-reports, reflective vs. formative construct conceptualization, and scale reification) in the hopes that we may offer insights and new ways of thinking to both new scholars entering the CWB literature, as well as to seasoned scholars who have built their careers in this space.

Keywords: CWB; Deviant behavior; Quantitative analysis; Measurement; Construct validity (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
ISBN: 9781035306664
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