Counterproductive work behaviors in public sector

Abstract

The CUlTent research aimed to see the relationship of organizational justice and emotional regulation strategies with counterproductive work behaviours in public sector organizations. Data was collected from 301 employees of public sector organizations (men = 198, women = 103) with age ranging from 18 to 60. Checklist for Counterproductive Work Behaviours (Rasool, 2019), Urdu version of Organizational Justice Scale (Rasool, 2019), and Emotion Regulation Questionnaire (Butt, Malik, & Kaleem 201 2) were used. Findings showed satisfactory alpha coefficients for all measures. All types of organizational justice (interactional, distributive, & procedural justice) and emotion regulation strategies (cognitive reappraisal & emotional suppression) were negatively related with counterproductive work behaviours. Compared to women, men perceived less distributive justice and more procedural justice. Age was significantly positively related with counterproductive work behaviours, organizational justice and emotional regulation strategies. Education appeared to positively relate with emotional regulation strategies and distributive justice. Monthly family income was negatively related with counterproductive work behaviours. Job tenure and scale were positively related with organizational justice but were not related with counterproductive work behaviours. The results also show that the group involved in part-time jobs is perceiving less justice and using less emotional strategies as compared to their counterparts.