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Organizational Misbehaviour

In: Organizational Misbehaviour in the Workplace

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  • Jan Ch. Karlsson

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In the narratives, we have met people in many occupations, in a good deal of industries, and in different countries. Nobody knows quite how widespread resistance and organizational misbehaviour are in working life, although there are estimates saying that 85 per cent or more of employees ‘routinely behave in a manner that can be described as either deliberately deviant or intentionally dysfunctional’ (Harris and Ogbonna, 2006: 543). There are also a variety of forms — ranging from feelings of cynicism to sabotaging machines, and from a surreptitious cup of coffee to a wildcat strike. Even if we do not have the exact numbers, we can assume that, in all probability, some form of organizational misbehaviour and resistance is present in all workplaces (cf. Ackroyd and Thompson, 1999: Ch. 7).

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  • Jan Ch. Karlsson, 2012. "Organizational Misbehaviour," Palgrave Macmillan Books, in: Organizational Misbehaviour in the Workplace, chapter 70, pages 153-178, Palgrave Macmillan.
    • Handle: RePEc:pal:palchp:978-0-230-35463-0_70
    DOI: 10.1057/9780230354630_70
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