A Structural Equation Model of Teacher Counterproductive Work Behaviors: Degree of Practice and Subduing Procedures from the Perspectives of School Principals in Muscat

Abstract

The aim of this research was to build a structural equation model that describes the counterproductive work behaviors (CWB) of school teachers from the perspectives of (131) school principals in Muscat. The findings included generating a structural model of (CWB) of Omani teachers within three dimensions: 1. poor adherence to work laws; 2. ill-relationship with colleagues and heads; and 3. hostility in the workplace.

Moreover, teachers’ practices of (CWB) were found to be low. The higher dimension was: (poor adherence to work laws) by (47%), and the least was: (hostility in the workplace) by (30%). The results also showed that there were no statistically significant differences in principals perspectives of teachers’ practices of (CWB) attributed to gender, while there were differences in the perspectives attributed to the experience, in the second dimension only, for the benefit of middle-experienced principals. Finally, a set of proposals to overcome teachers’ (CWB) was provided.