Abstract
Organizational misbehavior is primarily behavior that does not conform to expectations and which, although disapproved and discouraged, is not prevented. The main parts of this entry consider the noncompliant behavior of ordinary employees, which has been consistently researched for decades. Here misbehavior is revealed to involve limiting working effort and/or the time spent on work and the appropriation of materials or products. The identity and allegiance of the employee is also in contention. More recently, this aspect has become more significant, and some new types of expressive misbehavior have been identified. Some of these involve giving voice to criticism and some to making demands for action from management; examples here are demands for action on bullying and gender politics in the workplace. Comparable sociological research on other groups – such as professionals and senior managers – is relatively scarce, and so the misbehavior of managers, professionals, and workers is seldom realistically compared. However, new research now becoming available that makes possible the unification of this field.