Antecedents and Mediators of Employees' Counterproductive Work Behavior and Intentions to Quit

Considering the risk factors which can influence on healthy workplaces, the objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between stress (measured with OSI), counterproductive work behavior (measured with CWB Scale) and employees intentions to quit. The participants were 139 Romanian public service workers (90 women and 49 men). The results showed that the connection between work stressors and the intention to quit is mediated by the organizational climate, and revealed the role of the recognition as a mediator factor for the relationship between work stressors and counterproductive behavior. The implications of these findings for future research and organizational practice are discussed. (C) 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd.