Employee Sabotage in the Workplace: A Biopsychosocial Model

• NCJ Number: 162854
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 41 Issue: 1 Dated: (January 1996) Pages: 52-55
• Author(s): R L Klein; G B Leong; J A Silva
• Date Published: 1996
• Length: 4 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study introduces concepts from the organizational behavior literature that may facilitate and complement psychiatric evaluation of sabotage in the workplace.

Abstract

Recent psychiatric literature on workplace violence has paid little, if any, attention to the specific area of workplace property harm or sabotage by employees. The specific psychology or psychopathology of the individual worker may be relevant in the evaluation of sabotage behavior. Several concepts from organizational behavior studies may facilitate and complement psychiatric evaluations, fill the gap in a psychosocial assessment of sabotage in the workplace, and provide a nexus for future interdisciplinary studies of workplace property violence: (1) Skill Variety; (2) Task Autonomy; (3) Equity; (4) Organizational Commitment; (5) Job Satisfaction: (6) Social Information Processing; (7) Interaction Between Employees and Supervisors; (8) Availability of Alternative Employment; and (9) aspects of the broader economy such as job creation and the general level of prosperity. References