Integrating antecedents of workplace deviance : utilizing AHP approach

Purpose: This paper aims to propose an integrated conceptual framework depicting the antecedents of workplace deviance. This framework demonstrates three broad categories of antecedents of workplace deviance incorporating individual, interpersonal and organizational antecedents. The identified antecedents were later ranked in the order of their impact on workplace deviance. Design/methodology/approach: PRISMA diagram was used to conduct the systematic literature review and identify the antecedents of workplace deviance. The identified antecedents were later ranked using analytic hierarchy process (AHP). For AHP, data were collected from 20 HR managers and academicians employed in various Indian organizations and institutes. Findings: This study identified three categories of antecedents of workplace deviance, namely, organizational, interpersonal and individual antecedents. Results of AHP indicated that organizational antecedents have the most significant role in overcoming workplace deviance (18.92 per cent), which was followed by individual (1.47 per cent) and interpersonal level antecedents (1.28 per cent). Practical implications: This study posits that organizations should avoid unfavorable exchange with its employees by providing suitable organizational and interpersonal practices and by conducting ethical programs and workshops to discourage deviant practices. Moreover, organizations should conduct integrity tests, personality assessment tests to avoid individuals with negative personality characteristics. Originality/value: This study adds to the literature on workplace deviance by identifying and classifying all the proposed antecedents of literature in an integrated framework. Moreover, this study used techniques of PRISMA and AHP, which represents novelty in the literature of workplace deviance.