An explorative study regarding the relationship between the Light Triad of personality, counterproductive work behavior and organizational citizenship behaviour

Abstract

The research aims to explore the relationships between the Light Triad of personality, Counterproductive Work Behaviors, and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors. This study is based on a quantitative, cross-sectional, and correlational design.  The sample consists of 115 participants (89 females and 26 males) aged between 22 and 45 years (M=28.33, AS=10.14). The participants were invited to answer a series of research instruments: the Counterproductive Work Behavior Checklist (CWB- C, Spector et al., 2006), the Organizational Citizenship Behavior Checklist (OCB-C, Fox et al., 2012), and the Light Triad Scale (LTS, Kaufman et al., 2019). The results indicate significant negative correlations between the Light Triad and Counterproductive Work Behaviors (rho=-.255, p<.01) and significant positive correlations between the Light Triad and Organizational Citizenship Behaviors (r=.283, p<.01). Finally, the practical implications, the limits of research, and future research directions are discussed.