Abstract: This research paper examines the effect of sleep deprivation on workplace deviance through self- regulatory mechanism. The self- regulatory mechanism includes state hostility and self-control. Sleep deprivation decreases individual's self-control while increasing state hostility leads to increased workplace deviance. The sample has been taken from medical residents from 6 hospitals in Karachi, Pakistan. Findings suggest that self-control does not mediate the relation between sleep deprivation and workplace deviance but state hostility fully mediates the relationship between sleep deprivation and workplace deviance.
Keywords: Workplace Deviance, Sleep deprivation, Structural Equation Modeling, Mediation
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