Dimensions of Employee Deviance among Emergency Services Personnel in Malaysia

Abstract

Employee deviance represents a costly behavior to many organizations. The present study attempts to analyze dimensionality of employee deviance among emergency services personnel in Malaysia. A survey was conducted, with 201 respondents. Descriptive statistical analysis indicated that said something hurtful to someone at work, cursed at someone at work, made fun of someone at work, played a mean prank on someone at work and spent too much time fantasizing and daydreaming are discovered as the most common forms of interpersonal deviance. While taken an additional or longer break than is acceptable at your workplace, come in late to work without permission, intentionally worked slower than you have worked showed and littered your work environment are the most common forms of organizational deviance. This research has highlighted the common forms of employee deviance engaged by the respondents of this study.