ABSTRACT

Organizational cronyism is described as a relationship, companionship, and friendship based favoring. There are a number of examples regarding the existence of organizational cronyism in the workplace. However, there are a few empirical studies on this most observable fact and its consequences specifically in the higher education sector. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to examine the impact of organizational cronyism on deviant workplace behavior in public sector universities of Pakistan. Second, we use employee negligence as a mediating mechanism to explain how the construct of organizational cronyism translates into deviant workplace behavior. Using a time-lagged (three waves) research design, the data were collected from 250 faculty members of public sector universities of Pakistan. Hypothesized relationships were tested using partial least squares structural equation modeling (PLS-SEM) approach, using SmartPls 3.2.8 software. The results reveal that organizational cronyism increases employee deviant workplace behavior and employee negligence partially mediates the relationship between organizational cronyism and deviant workplace behavior. Managerial and theoretical implications, along with future research directions, are also discussed.

摘要

组织任人唯亲被描述为一种基于偏爱的关系、陪伴和友谊。关于工作场所中存在组织任人唯亲的例子有很多。然而，有一些关于这一最明显的事实及其后果的实证研究，特别是在高等教育领域。因此，本研究的目的是探讨组织任人唯亲对巴基斯坦公立大学工作场所异常行为的影响。其次，我们使用员工疏忽作为中介机制来解释组织任人唯亲的结构如何转化为异常的工作场所行为。使用时滞（三波）研究设计，从巴基斯坦公立大学的 250 名教职人员收集数据。使用 SmartPls 3.2.8 软件，使用偏最小二乘结构方程建模 (PLS-SEM) 方法测试假设的关系。结果表明，组织任人唯亲会增加员工的工作场所异常行为，而员工的疏忽在一定程度上介导了组织任人唯亲和工作场所异常行为之间的关系。还讨论了管理和理论意义以及未来的研究方向。