This research work examined the relationship between organizational trust and workplace deviantbehaviour among employees of higher institutions in Rivers state. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey which is a type of quasi experimental research design. A well-structured questionnaire designed by the researcher which covered the study dimensions and measures was used for data generation and the study made use of simple random sampling technique with a sample size of 122 drawn from a population of 175 respondents from six higher institutions in Rivers state. The Spearman rank-order correlation coefficient was used in testing the research hypotheses. The results of the findings revealed that organizational trust has a significant relationship with workplace deviant-behaviour. Therefore, it was recommended that Management should encourage team work among employees to boost their level of interpersonal trust. Incentives should be given to hard working staff as this will motivate others to work hard towards achieving success other than causing harm to the organization.