This activity is important because as a manager, you should know how counterproductive behaviors can hinder goal accomplishment. Counterproductive behaviors range from minor to severe, and they can harm members of your workforce, both physically and psychologically. Understanding these behaviors has important implications for employee job performance.

The goal of this activity is for you to demonstrate your knowledge of interpersonal counterproductive behaviors by matching the types of behaviors to descriptions of actions employees may take at work.

Choose the correct type of counterproductive behavior for each description.

Aanya knows she is supposed to use less paper, but she insists on printing everything rather than reading it on the computer screen.

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Cara hated to walk through the marketing department offices because the office manager always insisted on hugging her and putting his arm around her waist, making her very uncomfortable.

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Jeff didn$$t want to start a big copying project he was assigned, so he put a paperclip into the copy machine to break it$.$

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Jay and Sade wanted the same clients. Sade found ways to humiliate Jay whenever she could, such as shredding his paperwork, spilling coffee on his suit, and even slashing his tires.

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Two of Nala$$s coworkers were mad that she got a window office, so they purposely made loud banging noises when they walked past it$.$

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Kate drank a few beers and forgot she was on call. When an emergency call came, she decided to go in anyway and not tell her boss.

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Jamal heard that the head of IT would be fired. He got three coworkers to take a coffee break with him so they could secretly talk about it$.$

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Marie saw a great chair in an empty office, so after work, she rolled it to her car and took it home.

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