Effect of yoga on counterproductive work behavior

Abstract

The present study inspected the viability of yoga practices in lessening counterproductive work behavior (CWB) and its predictors, such as, aggression and negative affectivity (NA), and in enhancing positive affectivity (PA). Variables utilized as part of this study were aggression, NA, PA and CWB. Study test comprised of two groups and they were the yoga and the control groups, having 80 subjects in each group with subjects those who showed involvement in CWB were included. Yoga module covered āsana (postures), prāṇāyāma (breathing techniques), dhyāna (meditation), and yogic theories for yoga group. Mild to moderate level of physical activities and management theories were included for the control group. Duration of the intervention was ten weeks comprising five days session per week. Pre and Post measurements were implemented in an identical manner at the baseline and end of the interventions. BACKGROUND: CWB is a subject of critical significance to numerous organizations since it poses expansive number of psycho-social results and negative performance for organization and its individuals and it results in enormous direct financial losses and other indirect losses to the organizations. Personality traits of people, additionally impact CWB on the grounds that these people settle on conscious decisions to choose whether to follow these practices. Anger has been shown to have link between both physical and verbal aggressive behavior and hostility. Similarly, interpersonal aggression has been linked to many psychological end results, such as, anxiety, depression, frustration, and stress.