Employee's Growth Need Strength and Counterproductive Work Behaviors: The Moderating Role of Perceived Job Insecurity

Purpose - This study explore the effect of employee's growth needs strength on counterproductive work behaviors. Perceived job insecurity was also examined as a moderating variable on the relationship between the two variables. Design/methodology/approach - This study collected 108 data samples from working individuals from South Korea. The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and the hierarchical regression analysis were used in order to analyze the data. Hierarchical regression analysis was performed using SPSS 24.0. Results - Our research results indicated that employee's growth needs strength has a negative effect on counterproductive work behaviors. Perceived job insecurity moderates the relationship between the two variables. Conclusion - Organizations should focus on creating growth opportunities for employees, since facilitating employees growth need strength will counteract the desire to engage in behaviors that can be detrimental to the organization. and its members.