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Understanding workplace deviant behavior in nonprofit organizations
Author(s) -
Nair Nisha,
Bhatnagar Deepti
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
nonprofit management and leadership
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.844
H-Index - 54
eISSN - 1542-7854
pISSN - 1048-6682
DOI - 10.1002/nml.20026
Subject(s) - deviance (statistics) , positive deviance , public relations , sociology , non profit , social psychology , psychology , business , political science , computer science , business administration , machine learning
Workplace deviant behavior has traditionally been studied with respect to business or for‐profit organizations. In this article, we argue that nonprofit organizations also experience deviance, and due to their unique characteristics, they deserve special attention for extending the understanding of workplace deviant behavior to other types of organizations. Based on a review of the literature on deviance, we develop a general model of workplace deviance that we apply to nonprofit organizations. Based on the integrative conceptual framework, we advance relevant propositions for understanding and explaining deviance in nonprofit organizations.