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Time Theft in Organizations: The development of the T ime B anditry Q uestionnaire
Author(s) -
Brock Meagan E.,
Martin Laura E.,
Buckley M. Ronald
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international journal of selection and assessment
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.812
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1468-2389
pISSN - 0965-075X
DOI - 10.1111/ijsa.12040
Subject(s) - construct (python library) , situational ethics , psychology , confirmatory factor analysis , sample (material) , exploratory factor analysis , construct validity , scale (ratio) , social psychology , personality , structural equation modeling , psychometrics , computer science , developmental psychology , chemistry , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , machine learning , programming language
Time banditry has recently been introduced as a conceptually distinct construct in the counterproductive work behavior literature. An employee is engaged in time banditry if s/he pursues unsanctioned and/or unethical nonwork activities during work time. An analysis of the time banditry construct would be facilitated by the rigorous development of a measure of this construct. The purpose of this research was to develop and refine a multidimensional measure of time banditry. Items were generated through an extensive literature review and numerous workplace discussions with a diverse sample of employees. Through this process, we developed a 45‐item time banditry scale ( T ime B anditry Q uestionnaire; TBQ ) and utilized it with a diverse sample. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses indicated that the construct of time banditry is multidimensional, exhibiting three distinct factors (classic, technology, and social). The TBQ demonstrated an internal consistency reliability of .90. Implications for the use of the TBQ in future research and application in organizations are discussed. The most salient suggestion in this study is that time banditry is more closely related to situational variables and personality variables than it is related to demographic variables.