Cross-cultural perspectives on counterproductive work behavior

<p dir="ltr">Critics of CWB research have pointed to a concentration on North American samples and a comparatively limited focus on how culture may impact perceptions and experiences of CWB. This chapter discusses CWB from a cross-cultural perspective, using conceptual, linguistic, metric, and functional equivalence across cultures, to help frame the discussion. To date, studies have predominantly adopted an atheoretical, single-country, etic and comparative approach to culture and CWB, which tend to support the equivalence of CWB conceptualizations and correlations seen in North American studies. However, scarce but more rigorous research suggests culture changes our current understanding of the relationship between correlates and CWB. Overall, studies continue to be limited in the extent they derive culture-specific hypotheses, use cross-cultural designs, hypothesize cultural moderation effects and consider an emic approach.</p>