Abstract
This paper explores the impact of frugality and materialism on workplace deviant behaviors in business organizations. The investigation sample was drawn from selected business organizations (Stanbic IBTC Bank, Globacom Limited, International Alpha Limited, and Nextzon Business Services Firm) across the Ibadan and Lagos cities of Nigeria. This study espouses a quantitative research approach, and the study’s questionnaires were randomly dispersed. Out of 400 questionnaires, 323 questionnaires were useful for investigation, and the data obtained were analyzed using SPSS version 26. The research results show that the frugal are less likely to engage in workplace deviant behaviors, while materialists are more inclined to exhibit workplace deviant behaviors in business organizations. This paper further indicates that demographics (gender, marital status, and educational qualification) have a statistical effect on workplace deviant behavior. It was confirmed that frugality, materialism, and employee demographics significantly influenced workplace deviant behaviors in business organizations. Therefore, business organizations’ leadership and management should encourage frugality, thereby directly reducing employee workplace deviant behaviors. Besides, the main focus should be on reducing materialistic tendencies through periodic training and seminars on debt prevention, particularly among vulnerable employees who discourage workplace deviant behaviors. AcknowlendgmentThe authors acknowledge the Department of Industrial Psychology and People Management, College of Business and Economics, University of Johannesburg, under Professor Wilfred Ukpere, for funding this study and publishing it.
Highlights
There are some instructions, ethics, and guidelines that lead to work organizations, and all members of such organizations are expected to behave in accordance with specific guidelines
These results indicated that materialism, frugality, and demographic factors jointly predicted a 35.5% variance in workplace deviant behaviors within the business organizations
This paper focused on developing a practical model that could efficiently reduce workplace deviant behaviors in business organizations
Summary
There are some instructions, ethics, and guidelines that lead to work organizations, and all members of such organizations are expected to behave in accordance with specific guidelines. Workplace deviant behavior can either be negative or positive. Appelbaum et al (2007) posited that the study has focused on the negative behaviors, for instance, concealing effort, absenteeism, withdrawal, and behaviors resulting in disparity in an organization. Bennett and Robinson (2000) opined that workplace deviant behavior can be divided into two focal categories in line with its targets: behaviors targeting other individuals and targeting the organization. Kalemci et al (2019) opined that workplace deviant behavior had gained attention from organizational behavior researchers with its negative tangible, social, and psychological consequences for both organizations and employees. Being frugal is deliberate; to be exact, being frugal is not due to a sheer absence of resources (Argandoña, 2010) This lifestyle affects disposition towards fraudulent acts (McCloskey, 2006). As posited by Rotimi et al (2013), these problems have so beclouded several Nigerians’ reasoning that several virtues promote nation-building like selflessness, loyalty, patriotism, integrity, and justice, to be mentioned, but a few are being continuously eroded
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