Humanitas: Indonesian Psychological Journal
Volume 19 (1) 2022

The consequence of workplace incivility among IT employees: Workplace stress or organizational citizenship behavior?

Narayanan Annalakshmi (Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, India)
Philip Roshni (Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, India)
Sanjay Abhirami (Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, India)
Pant Udita (Department of Psychology, Bharathiar University, India)



Article Info

Publish Date
24 Feb 2022

Abstract

The impact of the work environment on employees has been well researched, with little focus on the pathways of such relationships. This study aimed to examine whether workplace incivility and personality predict workplace stress and organizational citizenship behavior (OCB). The role of John Henryism (JH), Probabilistic Orientation (PO), work self-efficacy, and resilience on workplace stress and OCB was also explored. The data were collected through a survey using self-report measures of perception of fair interpersonal treatment in the workplace, workplace incivility, work self-efficacy, JH, PO, workplace stress, and OCB from 206 (M=120, F=86) employees from the IT industry, aged 22 to 42 (M=30.47, SD=5.60). Multiple regression analyses revealed that workplace incivility (from supervisor and client)  positively predicted workplace stress. At the same time, coworker incivility did not predict workplace stress. On the contrary, workplace incivility (supervisor, coworker, and clients) did not predict OCB significantly. JH and work self-efficacy positively predicted OCB, while PO negatively predicted OCB. This research provides new directions for future research that workplace stress is predicted by supervisor and client incivility, and OCB is not predicted by workplace incivility.    

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Journal Info

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Humanitas

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Religion Humanities Health Professions Social Sciences Other

Description

Focus and Scope HUMANITAS: Indonesian Psychological Journal is a journal that contains articles from both quantitative and qualitative research related to the recent issues on the field of Psychology that emphasize the novelty and originality of studies, including of: 1. Islamic Psychology Topics: ...