Work ethic and academic performance: Predicting citizenship and counterproductive behavior |
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| Authors: | John P Meriac |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Humanities, Department of Psychology, P. O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa;2. University of Johannesburg, Faculty of Management, Department of Industrial Psychology, P. O. Box 524, Auckland Park 2006, South Africa;1. The University of Hong Kong, Faculty of Business and Economics, Pok Fu Lam, Hong Kong;2. The University of Georgia, Terry College of Business, Athens, GA 30602, USA |
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| Abstract: | In this study, work ethic was examined as a predictor of academic performance, compared with standardized test scores and high school grade point average (GPA). Academic performance was expanded to include student organizational citizenship behavior (OCB) and student counterproductive behavior, comprised of cheating and disengagement, in addition to college GPA. Results indicated that work ethic explained incremental variance in student OCB, cheating and disengagement beyond standardized test scores or high school GPA. However, work ethic did not explain incremental variance in college GPA. Specific work ethic dimensions were related to each outcome. These findings provide support for the importance of non-cognitive variables in academic contexts, particularly when considering an expanded performance domain. In addition, results provide additional validity evidence for the nature of work ethic as a multidimensional construct. |
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