Familial resemblance, citizenship, and counterproductive work behavior: A combined twin, adoption, parent-offspring, and spouse approach.

ABSTRACT: Given the well-documented importance of counterproductive workplace behavior and organizational citizenship behavior (together nontask performance), it is important to clarify the degree to which these behaviors are attributable to organizational climate versus preexisting individual differences. Such clarification informs where these behaviors stem from, and consequently has practical implications for organizations (e.g., guiding prioritization of selection criteria). We investigated familial resemblance for nontask performance among twins, nontwin and adoptive siblings, parents and offspring, and midlife and late-life couples drawn from two, large-scale studies: the Minnesota Twin Family Study and the Sibling Interaction Behavior Study. Similarity among family members' (e.g., parents-off

SUBMITTER: Anderson EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9325928 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature