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  • Deviant and Criminal Behavior in the Workplace
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  • Steven M. Elias
  • 2013
  • Published by: NYU Press
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Workplace crimes are never far from the news. From major scandals like Enron to violent crimes committed by co-workers to petty theft of office supplies, deviant and criminal behavior is common in the workplace. Psychological factors are almost always involved when an employee engages in such behavior.


Deviant and Criminal Behavior in the Workplace offers insights at the level of the individual employee and also sheds light on the role organizations themselves may play in fostering such criminal behavior. The volume considers psychological factors involved in theft and fraud, workplace violence, employee discrimination, and sexual harassment. It also analyses a number of variables which can influence such behavior including employee personality, employee emotional processes, experience of occupational stress, organizational culture, organizational injustice, and human resource management practices. The book will be of core interest to those interested in the psychology and sociology of work, organizational behavior, and human resource management.

Table of Contents

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  1. Cover
  2. pp. 1-3
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  1. Title Page
  2. pp. 4-7
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. Preface
  2. pp. ix-xi
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  1. Part I: Introduction
  2. pp. 1-16
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  1. 1. Conceptual Foundations: Insights from Criminology and the Sociology of Work
  2. pp. 3-16
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  1. Part II: Employee Characteristics Associated with Deviant Workplace Behavior
  2. pp. 17-98
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  1. 2. Emotions and Deviance
  2. pp. 19-49
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  1. 3. Born to Be Deviant? An Examination of the Relationship between Workplace Deviance and Employee Personality
  2. pp. 50-76
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  1. 4. The Role of Occupational Stress in Workplace Deviance
  2. pp. 77-98
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  1. Part III: Organizational Influences on Deviant Workplace Behavior
  2. pp. 99-113
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  1. 5. Accounting in Organizational Environments: Contextualizing Rules and Fraud
  2. pp. 101-127
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  1. 6. Human Resource Management and Deviant/Criminal Behavior in Organizations
  2. pp. 128-151
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  1. Part IV: The Role of (In)Justice and Social Power in Deviant Workplace Behavior
  2. pp. 153-194
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  1. 7. Hazards of Justice: Egocentric Bias, Moral Judgments, and Revenge-Seeking
  2. pp. 155-177
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  1. 8. The Role of Social Power in Sexual Harassment and Job Discrimination
  2. pp. 178-194
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  1. Part V: Violence in the Workplace
  2. pp. 195-246
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  1. 9. When Employees Turn Violent: The Potential Role of Workplace Culture in Triggering Deviant Behavior
  2. pp. 197-220
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  1. 10. Workplace Violence: Prevention and Aftermath
  2. pp. 221-246
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  1. About the Contributors
  2. pp. 247-253
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 255-259
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