Cynicism is a state of mind that includes hostility someone from the association because of certainty that the association lacks morality and will dependably endeavor to make fool its workers Shahzad et al. (2012). As indicated by Adams, "workers assess their inputs (exertion, knowledge, position, intelligence) and out sets (admiration, esteem, salary, upgrade) to that linked others Now, to that of associated others mean associates, if workers encounter disparity at working environment, at that point it will lead towards working environment deviance" (1963).
The purpose of this paper is to identify key factors involve with the influence of cynicism on counterproductive work behavior which create problems for employee and employer relationship toward organization sincerity and productivity of city traffic police in Pakistan.
Research methodology used to collect data with simple random sampling technique through questionnaire from 225 traffic wardens working at different positions in five major cities of Punjab Pakistan.
The results of this study have shown strong correlation between cynicism and employee counterproductive work behavior, which are consistent with some prior studies conducted in Punjab, Pakistan.
The research contribution of this study is based upon the fact that this study is conducted in context of Pakistan, where the cynicism and counterproductive work behavior with mediating effect of Org. based self-esteem yet not to explored.