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Organisational Trust as a Mediator Between Perceived Organisational Support and Constructive Deviance

Year: 2017

Type: article

Abstract: Although extant empirical research on workplace deviance has traditionally focused onbehaviours that threaten the well-being of an organization and/or its members, however,there is a paucity of research investigating constructive deviant behaviours, which play asignificant role in creating positive organizational change. Drawing upon social exchangetheory, this study examined organisational trust as a mediator of the relationship betweenperceived organisational support and constructive deviance. The data was obtained from asample of 212 full-time employees of a public sector organization in Nigeria. Results frompartial least square structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) analyses revealed that perceivedorganisational support was positively related to constructive deviance. In addition, the resultsdemonstrated that organisational trust partially mediated the relationship between perceivedorganisational support and constructive deviance.Keywords: Constructive Deviance; Workplace Deviance; Organisational Support;Organisational Trust; Social Exchange Theory.

Source: International Journal of Business and Society

DOI: 10.33736/ijbs.506.2016

Authors: Kabiru Maitama Kura, Faridahwati Mohd. Shamsudin, Ajay Chauhan

Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Language: English

Topic: Job Satisfaction and Organizational Behavior

Subfield: Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Peace, justice, and strong institutions, Decent work and economic growth

Open Access status: diamond

Funders: Universiti Utara Malaysia, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Tertiary Education Trust Fund