Abstract:
The research on counterproductive work behaviours (CWB) has primarily emphasised the antecedents of CWB, offering a restricted and partial view of CWBs. Consequently, we do not know how perpetrators’ own behaviours may affect their well-being. Accordingly, we focus on CWB towards the individuals (CWBI) and the organisation (CWBO) and explore
their impact on sleep quality using recovery experiences (i.e., psychological detachment,
control, mastery and relaxation) as a mediator and family demand as a moderator. We
hypothesised that CWB would negatively affect recovery experiences, lower recovery will
lead to poor sleep, and as a consequence, the relationship between CWB and sleep quality
will be mediated by recovery experiences. Lastly, we hypothesised that family demand
exacerbates the negative relationship between CWB and recovery experiences. Our findings
support that CWBI during the day negatively affects all four recovery experiences in the
evening, and poor recovery (i.e., relaxation and mastery) in the evening leads to poor sleep
quality over night. Furthermore, recovery (i.e., relaxation and mastery) in the evening
significantly mediates the relationship between CWBI during the day and sleep quality over
night. However, CWBO did not have significant relationship with the four recovery
experiences in the evening or sleep quality over night. Lastly, family demand did not
significantly moderate CWB and its relationship with the four recovery experiences in the
evening. We thereby extend the literature on CWB and explore the impact of CWB on
perpetrators’ well-being; practically, if perpetrators know that their behaviour can have
negative impacts on their own well-being, they will be less inclined to participate in CWBs.
Keywords: Counterproductive work behaviours, interpersonal, organisational,
recovery, psychological detachment, relaxation, control, mastery, sleep quality, family
demand, daily diary.
