It's all about control: The role of self-control in buffering the effects of negative reciprocity beliefs and trait anger on workplace deviance

Simon Lloyd D. Restubog; Patrick Raymund James M. Garcia; Lu Wang; David Cheng

doi:10.1016/j.jrp.2010.06.007

It's all about control: The role of self-control in buffering the effects of negative reciprocity beliefs and trait anger on workplace deviance

Simon Lloyd D. Restubog^*, Patrick Raymund James M. Garcia, Lu Wang, David Cheng

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Abstract

Drawing upon the general aggression model, general theory of crime, and the integrative cognitive model of trait anger, we examined the role of self-control in buffering the effects of negative reciprocity beliefs and trait anger on workplace deviance. A total of 125 employees participated in the study. Results supported the hypothesized direct effects of negative reciprocity beliefs, trait anger, and self-control on archival data on workplace deviance. In addition, self-control moderated these relationships. Specifically, there was a weaker positive relationship between negative reciprocity beliefs, trait anger and workplace deviance for employees with high as opposed to low levels of self-control. These findings supported the view that self-control can override predispositions to engage in deviant behaviors.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	655-660
Number of pages	6
Journal	Journal of Research in Personality
Volume	44
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrp.2010.06.007
Publication status	Published - Oct 2010
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

aggression
individual differences
negative reciprocity
self-control
trait anger

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