How performance pressure impacts employee deviance and wellbeing
- May 13
- 2 min read
In this research symposium presented at the Southern Academy of Management Conference, researchers come together to explore counterproductive work behavior. Our team’s research study contributes to the discussion. We partnered with employees from multiple industries to better understand the impact of performance pressure they feel on their deviance and wellbeing and present our findings.
Session Title: Now We Got Bad Blood: A Symposium on Counterproductive Work Behavior Research
Session Facilitator: Charn McAllister
Authors and Presenters: Jeremy Mackey; Pamela Perrewe; Paul Spector; Rebecca Bennett; Marie Dasborough; Debra Lieberman; Janelle Wells; Katherine Alexander; B. Parker Ellen; Joshua Palmer; Cheryl Gray; Heath Gregg; Reka Lassu; Ian Mercer; Nhu Nguyen; Michael Phillipich; Danielle Goldwert; Carley Robinson
Symposium Overview: The research literature that examines counterproductive work behavior (CWB; behaviors that are detrimental to organizations and/or organizational members) is burgeoning. Scholars and practitioners alike have emphasized improving our understanding of CWB because it has detrimental financial, psychological, and societal effects on employees, organizations, and various other organizational stakeholders. We will present five papers that examine several types of CWBs so we can highlight some of the current work being done to improve our understanding of CWB. Our team represents scholars from nine different institutions at varying stages of their academic careers, so we can provide numerous perspectives on how to contribute to this literature. We intend for our various perspectives to generate thought provoking discussion with the audience members so we can collectively generate interest, motivation, and opportunities for all attendees to engage in research in this area. Our discussant is well positioned to synthesize insights generated during the symposium because she is a world-renowned scholar in this area who has also served as a former president of the Southern Management Association (SMA). Collectively, our team has published influential measures, meta-analyses, quantitative studies, qualitative studies, and reviews of CWB topics. The purpose of our symposium is to use our experiences to create a practically useful and personally meaningful discussion about CWB research with SMA members who want to be a part of the discussion in this literature.
Citation: Lassu, R.A., Nguyen, N*., & Bennett, R.J. (2021). The pressure is on, but how will you react? The effect of performance pressure from the supervisor on deviance and wellbeing.
Southern Academy of Management Conference. 2-6 November 2021. New Orleans, LA
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