An Exploratory Study on Counterproductive Work Behaviors of Nurses

Counterproductive Work Behaviours have a major negative effect on organisations and their employees. Since employees engage in various forms of counterproductive work behaviour for various reasons, there is a need to analyse the different forms of counterproductive work behaviour. The existence of CWBs such as abuse against others, withdrawal behaviors, lateness etc. in an organization, can harm organizations or people in organization including employees and clients, customers or patients as documented in the body of the literature.

This research is to investigate the counterproductive work behaviour of nurses in 13 hospitals in Bengaluru. The components of counterproductive work behaviour were evaluated using a questionnaire in a sample size of 143 nurses. Among the finding the major parameter i.e. abusing others is the predominant behavior shown by employees. The research also reveals that the age, experience, gender, salary does not show in any significance in counterproductive work behaviors of employees.