Stressor

Strain Scale

# of items

Source

Boredom/Monotony

Boredom & Monotony Scale

4

Melamed et al. (1995)

Counterproductive Work Behavior

Organizational Deviance Scale

12

Bennett & Robinson (2000)

 

Interpersonal Deviance Scale

7

Bennett & Robinson (2000)

 

Counterproductive Work Behavior Checklist (CWB-C)

33

Spector et al. (2006)

Frustration/Tension

Organizational Frustration Scale

3

Peters et al. (1980)

 

Tension Index

9

Lyons (1971)

Withdrawal

Employee Absenteeism Scale

12

Paget et al. (1998)

 

Employee Reliability Inventory

81

Borofsky (2000)

Job (Dis)Satisfaction

Job Descriptive Index

N/A

Smith et al. (1969)

 

Minnesota Satisfaction Questionnaire

N/A

Weiss et al. (1966)

 

Job in General

N/A

Ironson et al. (1989)

Organizational Commitment

Organizational Commitment Questionnaire

N/A

Mowday et al. (1979)

 

Commitment Scale

N/A

Meyer et al. (1993)

Reference

Bennett, R.J., & Robinson, S.L. (2000). Development of a measure of workplace deviance. Journal of Applied Psychology, 85, 349-360.

Borofsky, G.L. (2000). Predicting involuntary dismissal for unauthorized absence, lateness, and poor performance in the selection of unskilled and semiskilled British contract factory operatives: The contribution of the Employee Reliability Inventory. Psychological Reports, 87, 95-104.

Ironson, G. H., Smith, P. C., Brannick, M. T., Gibson, W. M., & Paul, K. B. (1989). Constitution of a Job in General scale: A comparison of global, composite, and specific measures. Journal of Applied Psychology, 74, 193-200.

Lyons, T.F. (1971). Role clarity, need for clarity, satisfaction, tension, and withdrawal. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 6, 99-110.

Melamed, S., Ben-Avi, I., Luz, J., Green, M. S. (1995). Objective and subjective work monotony: Effects on job satisfaction, psychological distress, and absenteeism in blue-collar workers. Journal of Applied Psychology, 80, 29-42.

Meyer, J. P., Allen, N. J., & Smith, C. A. (1993). Commitment to organizations and occupations: Extension and test of a three-component conceptualization. Journal of Applied Psychology, 78, 538-551.

Mowday, R. T., Steers, R. M., & Porter, L. W. (1979). The measurement of organizational commitment. Journal of Vocational Behavior, 14, 224-247.

Paget, K.J., Lang, D.L., & Shultz, K.S. (1998). Development and validation of an employee absenteeism scale. Psychological Reports, 82, 1144-1146.

Peters, L.H., O’Connor, E.J., & Rudolf, C.J. (1980). The behavioral and affective consequences of performance-relevant situational variables. Organizational Behavior and Human Performance, 25, 79-96.

Spector, P. E., Fox, S., Penney, L. M., Bruursema, K., Goh, A., & Kessler, S. (2006). The dimensionality of counterproductivity: Are all counterproductive behaviors created equal? Journal of Vocational Behavior, 68, 446-460.

Weiss, D. J., Dawis, R., Lofquist, L. H., & England, G. W. (1966). Instrumentation for the theory of work adjustment. (Minnesota Studies in Vocational Rehabilitation: XXI). University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.

 

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