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Employees’ Theft Behaviour: A Study in Large Retail Organisations in Kuala Lumpur

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  • M. Krishna Moorthy

    (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia)

  • Felix Chee-Yew Ng

    (RMIT University, Vietnam)

  • Mahendra Kumar Chelliah

    (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia)

  • King-Tak Yew

    (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia)

  • Lee Ah Suat

    (Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia)

Abstract

Employee theft is one of the major factors of retail shrinkage despite many costly technological and widespread security measures. Employee theft cannot be ignored as it causes significant losses to employers. This study investigates the workplace factors that affect the employee retail theft behaviour. Although identifying theft is difficult, this study will help employers to further understand the retail employees’ theft behaviour. This study was conducted in several large retail organisations in Malaysia’s capital city, Kuala Lumpur. Data has been collected via questionnaire from 327 retail employees consisting managers, supervisors, retail employees and security personnel. The results showed that Compensation, Organisational Justice, Internal Control Systems and Punishment have a relationship with the Employees’ Theft Behaviour. However, the Organisational Ethics did not influence the Theft Behaviour.

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  • M. Krishna Moorthy & Felix Chee-Yew Ng & Mahendra Kumar Chelliah & King-Tak Yew & Lee Ah Suat, 2013. "Employees’ Theft Behaviour: A Study in Large Retail Organisations in Kuala Lumpur," Diversity, Technology, and Innovation for Operational Competitiveness: Proceedings of the 2013 International Conference on Technology Innovation and Industrial Management,, ToKnowPress.
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