Question

Showing favouritism, gossiping and spreading rumours, and blaming coworkers, are examples of which category of deviant workplace behaviours? A. property deviance B. political deviance C. personal aggression D. deviance production E. deviance group deviance

Answer 1

The correct answer is B. Political deviance

Explanation:

The word "deviance" describes actions against the norms established in a society, institution, community, etc. In the case of political deviance, this occurs when individuals display inappropriate behaviors that go against the politics of an organization this includes practices such as bullying, favoritism, being unrespectful to others, etc. Additionally, in this type of deviance behaviors are not addressed to only one person which would be personal aggression.

According to this, showing favoritism, gossiping, blaming workers, etc. is part of political deviance because these behaviors go against the politics of fairness, respect, and similar in an organization. Also, this cannot be classified as personal aggression, property deviance or deviance production because these types of deviance involve other aspects rather than the politics in an organization.