IRJC International Journal of Social Science & Interdisciplinary Research__________________________________ ISSN 2277 3630 Vol.2 (2), FEBRUARY (2013) Online available at indianresearchjournals.com 59 ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENT AS A MEDIATOR OF COUNTERPRODUCTIVE WORK BEHAVIOR AND ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE RAMSHIDA, A. P.*; DR. K. MANIKANDAN** *RESEARCH SCHOLAR DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT CALICUT UNIVERSITY (P.O) KERALA – 973635 ** ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT CALICUT UNIVERSITY (P.O) KERALA – 673635 ______________________________________________________________________________ ABSTRACT Organizational commitment and organizational culture are well researched variable in the I/O psychology. Counterproductive work behavior is a new term recently introduced into psychological sciences. The counterproductive behavior is one of the determining factors of organizational performance. This study was designed with an objective to find out the mediation effect of organizational commitment in between organizational culture and counterproductive work behavior. There were 141 participants from various branches of two governmental organizations (73 from organization 1 and 68 from organization 2) selected by means of simple random sampling. Self administered instruments such as Counterproductive Work Behavior Indicator (CWB), Organizational Culture Inventory (OCI) and Organizational Commitment Scale (OCS) along with the Personal Data Sheet were administered to participants at their work place. Results indicate that there exist a significant positive relationship between organizational culture and organizational commitment, organizational culture and counterproductive work behavior and organizational commitment and counterproductive work behavior. The result of mediation analysis indicated that organizational commitment mediates the relationship between organizational culture and counterproductive work behavior. KEYWORDS: Counterproductive work behavior, Organizational commitment, Organizational Culture, Mediator. ______________________________________________________________________________ INTRODUCTION Organizations are in the midst of a revolutionary transformation. Industrial age competition is shifting to information age competition. During the industrial age, from 1850 to 1975, organizations succeeded by how well they could capture the benefits from economies of scale and scope. Technology mattered, but, ultimately success accrued to companies that could embed the new technology into physical assets that offered efficient, mass production of standard products.