The Relationship between Human Resource Management and Employee Counterproductive Work Behavior in New Ventures

Drawing on the social exchange theory, this study investigated the influence of human resource management on counterproductive work behavior in new ventures and verified the moderating effect of leader-member exchange and the mediating effect of employee satisfaction. With a sample of 526 employees, results from regression analysis indicate that: (1) human resource management has a significant negative impact on employee counterproductive work behavior. (2) employee satisfaction has a mediating effect between human resource management and employee counterproductive work behavior. (3) leader-member exchange strengthens the negative influence of human resource management on counterproductive work behavior. And then theoretical implications and practical implications were discussed.