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The relationship between workplace aggression and target deviant behaviour: The moderating roles of power and task interdependence
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Hershcovis, M. Sandy Reich, Tara C. Parker, Sharon K. Bozeman, Jennifer |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | We investigate how employees' deviant responses to experiencing workplace aggression are shaped by the social context in which the aggressive acts occur. Drawing on the group value model and theories of belongingness, we investigated three moderators of the relationship between workplace aggression and employee deviant behaviour: (1) perpetrator formal power (relating to their position within the organization), (2) perpetrator referent power (derived from their social position at work), and (3) task interdependence between the perpetrator and victim. Participants (N=299) consisted of North American employees in a variety of industries. Power and task interdependence interacted with workplace aggression to predict the extent and the direction of deviant behaviour. Specifically, we found that when the perpetrator had high power (either formal power or referent power) and low task interdependence with the target, victims were most likely to engage in deviance directed towards the perpetrator in response to a... |
| Starting Page | 1 |
| Ending Page | 20 |
| Page Count | 20 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1080/02678373.2012.660770 |
| Volume Number | 26 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://26e8811d-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/profsharonparker/all-publication-files/Hershcovis%20et%20al%202012%20work%20and%20stress.pdf?attachauth=ANoY7cqsMqIQVDlCEEIAlwQBGgDHGBBVP6mCcrmaQ2iE1dkpOqpw6WeJHmB76Y1RQxeYzYJZtRJGVHOofUsPxAVWoqzoyUnNEmSze5ztIuS6rzc17U2DcnvY585B-fY216tp-89qtlni4MNmmd0Cn6zJ2smC-FL4wqyYE3vc-f3W35gSpbz2bPhRljdrmVxNDuW317mxXUVk1gMklrYxDGfbDqdS63L-cCBzvz2fL4B7dqgRRWYy8JyPB_RVfjkWLdPyPTGSiHxkey58AiqpNu0FIbORoHi_irvZDbrLr1itChS2uzPoncY%3D&attredirects=0 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1080/02678373.2012.660770 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |