Demographic Drivers of Workplace Deviance: A Survey of Clinical and Non-Clinical Hospital Professionals
Author
Rogério J. Lunkes – (Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
Ernesto Lopez-Valeiras – (Universidad de Vigo)
Jacobo Gomez-Conde – (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid)
Received February 1, 2021; accepted April 19, 2021.
Abstract
This paper aims to determine the extent to which employee demographic characteristics (gender, age, tenure and professional group) predict an employee’s decision to participate in deviant workplace behavior. We conduct a quantitative field study consisting in a survey of 113 clinical and non-clinical professionals at the three largest hospitals in Brazil. ANOVA and linear regression were used to test the hypothesized model. Our results reveal that those most prone to deviant behavior are the short tenure, young and administrative professionals. Although we found no association between gender and workplace deviance, our results generate specific knowledge on relevant behavioral issues involving clinical and non-clinical hospital professionals. The knowledge of the demographic characteristics that may predict workplace deviance will allow managers to design and implement more accurate control systems and training programs that could reduce this dysfunctional behavior and its negative impact on organizations and society.
El objetivo de este trabajo es determinar en qué medida las características demográficas de los empleados (sexo, edad, antigüedad y grupo profesional) predicen la decisión de un empleado de participar en un comportamiento desviado en el lugar de trabajo. Realizamos un estudio de campo cuantitativo consistente en una encuesta a 113 profesionales clínicos y no clínicos de los tres mayores hospitales de Brasil. Se utilizaron ANOVA y regresión lineal para probar el modelo hipotetizado. Nuestros resultados revelan que los más propensos al comportamiento desviado son los profesionales de corta permanencia, jóvenes y administrativos. Aunque no se encontró asociación entre género y desviación del comportamiento en el ambiente de trabajo, nuestros resultados generan conocimiento específico sobre cuestiones relevantes de comportamiento de los profesionales hospitalarios clínicos y no clínicos. El conocimiento de las características demográficas que pueden predecir la desviación laboral permitirá a los gestores diseñar e implementar sistemas de control y programas de formación más precisos que podrían reducir este comportamiento disfuncional y su impacto negativo en las organizaciones y en la sociedad.
Citation
Lunkes, R. J., López-Valeiras, E. & Gómez-Conde, J. (2021). Demographic Drivers of Workplace Deviance: A Survey of Clinical and Non-Clinical Hospital Professionals. European Accounting and Management Review, 7(2), 1-22.
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Keywords
- Workplace deviance
- Counterproductive work behavior
- Hospital
- Demographic characteristics
- Survey
Palabras clave
- Desviación del lugar de trabajo
- Comportamiento laboral contraproducente
- Hospital
- Características demográficas
- Encuesta
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