ABSTRACT

Agnew recently conceptualized social concern theory has started to gain empirical attention. However, none of the previous tests have applied social concern theory to deviance unique to the workplace. This dearth in the literature is likely partly due to the comprehensive nature of the theory and lack of concise measurement tools. The current study sought to help fill these gaps in the literature by using a modified version of Shadmanfaat et al.’s recent social concern scale to test the utility of social concern theory for explaining work deviance. Original data was collected from a sample of 301 employees of private banks in Rasht, Iran. Structural equation modeling (SEM) and regression analysis were used to test the direct, indirect, conditioning, and mediating effects of social concern on work deviance. Results generally support the propositions derived from social concern theory for work deviance by showing that all four components of social concern (e.g., conformity to others) are significantly associated with work deviance and that social concern can mediate and moderate the relationships between other causes (e.g., low self-control) and work deviance. Theoretical implications are discussed within.

摘要

Agnew 最近概念化的社会关注理论已开始获得经验关注。然而，之前的测试都没有将社会关注理论应用于工作场所特有的偏差。文献中的这种缺乏可能部分是由于理论的综合性和缺乏简洁的测量工具。目前的研究试图通过使用 Shadmanfaat 等人最近的社会关注量表的修改版本来帮助填补文献中的这些空白，以测试社会关注理论在解释工作偏差方面的效用。原始数据是从伊朗拉什特私人银行的 301 名员工样本中收集的。结构方程模型 (SEM) 和回归分析用于测试社会关注对工作偏差的直接、间接、调节和中介效应。结果普遍支持来自社会关注理论的关于工作偏差的命题，表明社会关注的所有四个组成部分（例如，与他人的一致性）都与工作偏差显着相关，并且社会关注可以调解和调节其他原因之间的关系（例如，低自我控制）和工作偏差。内部讨论了理论含义。