El impacto de la alienación laboral sobre las conductas desviadas en el trabajo: un estudio exploratorio

• Autores: Pablo Zoghbi Manrique de Lara, Guillermo Caamaño Brito
• Localización: Revista de psicología del trabajo y de las organizaciones = Journal of work and organizational psychology, ISSN 1576-5962, Vol. 26, Nº 1, 2010, págs. 79-92
• Idioma: español
• DOI: 10.5093/tr2010v26n1a6
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  • Este estudio examina la alienación laboral (AL) como antecedente del comportamiento desviado en el trabajo (DWB) dirigido contra la organización, los compañeros o los clientes. El modelo analizado se basa en la alienación laboral (AL) de Seeman (1959) y predice que tres dimensiones de AL (powerlessness, meaninglessness y self-estrangement) influyen positivamente sobre las conductas desviadas en el trabajo (DWB). Los datos fueron extraídos de 99 de los 156 (63.5%) profesores de un distrito de enseñanza media en España. Ecuaciones estructurales (SEM) muestran que, en contra de lo que cabría esperar, las dimensiones estudiadas de AL tienen efectos diferentes, e incluso opuestos, sobre el DWB. Así, el meaninglessness (MLN) y el powerlessness (PLN) mostraron influencias significativas sobre el DWB, pero ésta fue negativa en el caso del powerlessness (PLN). El influjo del self-estrangement (SES) no fue significativo.

    El artículo también ofrece implicaciones, limitaciones y futuras investigaciones.

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