A relationship between personality traits and counterproductive work behavior: A case of resident and district offices, Miri, Sarawak/ Jenny Baon Anyi

Employees can connect in a wide range of misbehavior in organizations and such counterproductivity costs employers billions of dollars per annum globally. The extent of actual, psychological and societal costs to organizations can be better understood when one considers the multitude of different ways employees can misbehave. In this research, the objective is to identify the relationship between personality traits and counterproductive work behavior. The model that was developed by Golberg in 1989 was used and each of the five dimensions was investigated in advance to identify their relationship sampling method. The sampling technique used in this study was convenience. The scope of this study focused on the support staffs of Resident and District Office, Miri, Sarawak with a total population 103 support staff.