Relationship of cultural values to counterproductive work behaviour: The mediating role of job stress

Abstract

The purposes of this study were to investigate how cultural values are related to counterproductive work behaviour ( CWB ), and to examine whether individuals' job stress acts as a mediator between cultural types and CWB . Using an anonymous questionnaire survey, the sample was comprised of 440 employees working in government institutes and private sectors in T hailand. The results show that job stress not only has a direct relationship to CWB , but also partially mediates the relationship between cultural values and CWB . The strong mediating links were between horizontal collectivism and CWB and between vertical individualism and CWB .