Effects of Organizational Justice and Employees Self Efficacy on Counterproductive Work Behavior with Moderating Effects of Democratic Leadership

Abstract

The present study aim is to check the organizational justice and employees’ self-efficacy on counterproductive work behavior in medical teaching institution in Pakistan. The study also investigates the moderating effects of democratic leadership among the association of organizational justice, employees’ self-efficacy (ESE) and counterproductive work behavior (CWB). The study used survey questionnaires to gather the primary data from the respondents. The article also used the smart-PLS to check the nexus among the variables. The outcomes revealed that the organizational justice and employees’ self-efficacy have a negative association with counterproductive work behavior. The results also revealed that the democratic leadership significantly moderates among employees’ self-efficacy and counterproductive work behavior but insignificantly moderates among organizational justice and counterproductive work behavior. The study guides the policymakers in making policies related to reduce the counterproductive work behavior using fair organizational justice and strong employees’ self-efficacy.