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Employee satisfaction and theft: testing climate perceptions as a mediator.

John T Kulas1, Joanne E McInnerney, Rachel Frautschy DeMuth

  • 1Department of Psychology, St. Cloud State University, MN 56301, USA. jtkulas@stcloudstate.edu

The Journal of Psychology
|August 30, 2007
PubMed
Summary

Employee dissatisfaction can lead to theft, but an organization's climate for theft significantly influences this behavior. Addressing perceptions of theft permissiveness is key for businesses.

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Area of Science:

  • Organizational Behavior
  • Criminology
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Employee theft of property and time is a significant issue for U.S. organizations.
  • Employee dissatisfaction is a known precursor to theft, but does not always result in such behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To test a model explaining employee theft behavior.
  • To examine the role of an organization's climate for theft as an explanatory mechanism.

Main Methods:

  • The study investigated the relationship between employee dissatisfaction, perceptions of the organizational climate for theft, and theft behaviors.
  • A model was tested to understand the mediating influence of the theft climate.

Main Results:

  • Employee dissatisfaction was found to influence theft behaviors indirectly.
  • Perceptions of the organization's climate for theft acted as an intermediary, linking dissatisfaction to theft.

Conclusions:

  • Organizations should monitor and address elements within their climate that may signal permissiveness towards theft.
  • Altering employee perceptions of the organizational climate is crucial for mitigating employee theft.