Valores Pessoais, Justiça Organizacional e Comportamento Contraproducente: um Estudo com Jovens Trabalhadores: https://doi.org/10.5935/rpot/2025.25756

Thaís  Pinto da Rocha Torres; Kely César  Martins de Paiva; Jefferson  Rodrigues Pereira

Personal Values, Organizational Justice, and Counterproductive Behavior: a Study with Young Workers

https://doi.org/10.5935/rpot/2025.25756

Authors

Thaís Pinto da Rocha Torres Unihorizontes University Center, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9920-0472
Kely César Martins de Paiva Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG), Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5185-9072
Jefferson Rodrigues Pereira Unihorizontes University Center, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais (MG), Brazil

Keywords:

personal values, organizational justice, counterproductive work behavior

Abstract

This study aimed to analyze possible relationships between the dimensions of personal values, organizational justice, and counterproductive work behavior in the perception of young workers. A cross-sectional explanatory, quantitative, field research in the form of a case study was conducted with young workers supported by a vocational training association and covered by the Brazilian Apprenticeship Law. The sample comprised 3,232 respondents from all five regions of Brazil. The data were analyzed using confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), followed by structural equation modeling (SEM). The results revealed 12 significant relationships between personal values and perceptions of organizational justice, as well as between these perceptions and counterproductive behaviors. Additionally, perceptions of procedural justice are directly associated with distributive justice, and interpersonal deviant behaviors are positively associated with those directed toward organizations.

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Published

2026-09-09

Issue

Vol. 26 No. contínuo (2026): rPOT N. contínuo/2026

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Empirical Research Reports

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