Research co-authored by the associate professor of management examines job attitudes and behaviors of employees in the workplace.
Lyons’ co-author is Nathan A. Bowling, professor of psychology at Wright State University.
The article’s abstract reads:
“Because employees often conceal their misbehavior from management, counterproductive work behaviors (CWBs) can be difficult to detect. Fortunately, peer reporting – which occurs when employees report their coworkers’ misdeeds to organizational authorities – may enhance the detection of CWBs. Little is known, however, about the variables that facilitate peer reporting. Using a sample of working adults (N = 267), we examined job attitudes and personality traits as moderators of the relationship between CWB observations and CWB reporting. Our results suggest that most CWBs employees observe go unreported. Furthermore, we found that organizational commitment strengthened the relationship between CWB observations and CWB reporting. The other hypothesized moderators, however, failed to yield the expected interaction effects.”
Lyons and Bowling’s research was recently cited in the Dayton Daily News in an article titled, “Worker theft, misbehavior costing companies.”