Perceived psycho-emotional influence of aesthetics, affluence and environmental sophistication on employees’ theft behaviours in the workplace

Abstract

This study examined employees. perception of workplace theft in six industrial organizations at different situations where aesthetics, affluence and environmental sophistication were presented. Participants were one hundred and forty-four employees (72 males and 72 males) selected from Shell, Mobil, Altec, NBC, Peacock and Safeway Ventures in the south-south and south Eastern parts of Nigeria. A questionnaire was used in collecting data about workplace theft as may be influenced by aesthetics, affluence and environmental sophistication. The Chi-Square Goodness of Fit and Test of Independence were used in analyzing data. Results showed that employees were perceived to engage in workplace theft under the influence of aesthetics ( 2 . = 18.86, 3df, P of employee theft between junior and senior employees ( 2 . = 26.39, df = 9, P theft behaviour of male and female employees ( 2 . = 586.057, df = 5 P previous studies. Implications of the findings were discussed and recommendations provided for policy.