Counterproductive Work Behavior Checklist (CWB-C)

Copyright Paul E. Spector and Suzy Fox, All rights reserved, 2001.

 

How often have you done each of the following things on your present job?

Never

Once or twice

Once or twice per month

Once or twice per week

Every day

 1 Purposely wasted your employer’s materials/supplies

 

 

 

 

 

 2 Daydreamed rather than did your work

 

 

 

 

 

 3 Complained about insignificant things at work

 

 

 

 

 

 4 Told people outside the job what a lousy place you work for

 

 

 

 

 

 5 Purposely did your work incorrectly

 

 

 

 

 

 6 Came to work late without permission

 

 

 

 

 

 7 Stayed home from work and said you were sick when you weren’t

 

 

 

 

 

 8 Purposely damaged a piece of equipment or property

 

 

 

 

 

 9 Purposely dirtied or littered your place of work

 

 

 

 

 

10 Stolen something belonging to your employer

 

 

 

 

 

11 Started or continued a damaging or harmful rumor at work

 

 

 

 

 

12 Been nasty or rude to a client or customer

 

 

 

 

 

13 Purposely worked slowly when things needed to get done

 

 

 

 

 

14 Refused to take on an assignment when asked

 

 

 

 

 

15 Purposely came late to an appointment or meeting

 

 

 

 

 

16 Failed to report a problem so it would get worse

 

 

 

 

 

17 Taken a longer break than you were allowed to take

 

 

 

 

 

18 Purposely failed to follow instructions

 

 

 

 

 

19 Left work earlier than you were allowed to

 

 

 

 

 

20 Insulted someone about their job performance

 

 

 

 

 

21 Made fun of someone’s personal life

 

 

 

 

 

22 Took supplies or tools home without permission

 

 

 

 

 

23 Tried to look busy while doing nothing

 

 

 

 

 

24 Put in to be paid for more hours than you worked

 

 

 

 

 

25 Took money from your employer without permission

 

 

 

 

 

26 Ignored someone at work

 

 

 

 

 

27 Refused to help someone at work

 

 

 

 

 

28 Withheld needed information from someone at work

 

 

 

 

 

29 Purposely interfered with someone at work doing his/her job

 

 

 

 

 

30 Blamed someone at work for error you made

 

 

 

 

 

31 Started an argument with someone at work

 

 

 

 

 

32 Stole something belonging to someone at work

 

 

 

 

 

33 Verbally abused someone at work

 

 

 

 

 

34 Made an obscene gesture (the finger) to someone at work

 

 

 

 

 

35 Threatened someone at work with violence

 

 

 

 

 

36 Threatened someone at work, but not physically

 

 

 

 

 

37 Said something obscene to someone at work to make them feel bad

 

 

 

 

 

38 Hid something so someone at work couldn’t find it

 

 

 

 

 

39 Did something to make someone at work look bad

 

 

 

 

 

40 Played a mean prank to embarrass someone at work

 

 

 

 

 

41 Destroyed property belonging to someone at work

 

 

 

 

 

42 Looked at someone at work’s private mail/property without permission

 

 

 

 

 

43 Hit or pushed someone at work

 

 

 

 

 

44 Insulted or made fun of someone at work

 

 

 

 

 

45 Avoided returning a phone call to someone you should at work